They are one of the few crustaceans that live a completely terrestrial existence. While isopods have adapted to living on land, you can tell that they still miss the water.

A new isopod species has been discovered in a lab in Singapore, and it is massive, at least relative to other giant isopods. It's named after Darth Vader. The post New ‘Supergiant’ Isopod ...

Jackson keeps over 1,800 of these small crustaceans, known as terrestrial isopods. On top of being “cute” and entertaining, the isopods help her with some house chores.

The team also compared these structures to the anatomies of living arthropods like terrestrial isopods, or pill bugs, and millipedes.

Deep sea isopods belong to the same group that contains the terrestrial isopods known variously as woodlice, pillbugs, and roly polys, which feed on decaying matter and are likely familiar to ...

Yes, giant isopods are kind of creepy looking. But they're also kind of cute! Here are a few things we know about these internet-beloved creatures.

Relatives of terrestrial woodlice and the adorably named roly-polys (also known as pillpugs), giant isopods’ dorsal sides are sheathed in a plated exoskeleton.

Sea creatures pollinate marine plants and algae, surprising scientists Once thought to be a land-only phenomenon, pollination may have existed in the ocean millions of years before terrestrial ...

Eyeless creature, an isopod, discovered in volcanic environment on ocean floor near New Zealand, study says. It’s a new species ...

It’s the first known case of an animal helping algae reproduce, and could suggest that pollination first evolved in the world’s ancient oceans.

The creature, which he photographed and catalogued on his website, was not a man-eating cat but a terrestrial isopod – a land-dwelling crustacean that lives in soil and eats decaying plant matter.