Woodlice are perfectly harmless, in fact as nature’s recyclers, they’re very beneficial to your garden ecosystem and needed to create a wildlife-friendly garden.However, if you’ve noticed an ...

Woodlice’s hormonal sex determination mechanism has, however, been hijacked by some strains of the bacterium Wolbachia. This is a parasite transmitted from mother to offspring in many woodlouse ...

Woodlice’s hormonal sex determination mechanism has, however, been hijacked by some strains of the bacterium Wolbachia. This is a parasite transmitted from mother to offspring in many woodlouse ...

Woodlice are also models for flexible sex determination. Unlike all other invertebrates, the sexual development of both their reproductive anatomy and behavioural circuits in the brain are regulated ...

Woodlice can also eat paper, including wallpaper, and nibble on wooden fixtures around the home. There are a few key things to do to get rid of woodlice if you keep finding them in your home.

Even bugs as small as woodlice can disperse seeds they eat, setting a new record for smallest animal recorded to do so. The Kobe University discovery underscores the crucial yet often overlooked ...

Researchers have discovered that woodlice can spread seeds they eat, setting a new record for the smallest animal recorded doing so. The findings highlight the crucial yet often overlooked role ...

The survey, which only takes a few minutes to complete, explores whether family and friends were an influence and if their school or home school setting had an area for nature. It also asks for people ...

It turns out that woodlice are helping scientists develop a new way for monitoring the presence of metallic nanoparticles in the environment. Wolfgang Langbein and colleagues at the University of ...

Rarely seen ‘supergiant’ deep-sea cousin of woodlice is actually quite common, study finds. Crustacean may inhabit 59 per cent of world's oceans. Vishwam Sankaran. Wednesday 21 May 2025 10:22 BST.