Discover Bathynomus vaderi, a newly identified giant isopod species from Vietnam’s deep seas, named after Darth Vader.
Deep beneath the waves of the South China Sea, a fascinating creature has surfaced—Bathynomus vaderi, a newly discovered ...
"That a species as large as this could have stayed hidden for so long reminds us just how much work we still need to do to ...
Giant isopods, which belong to the Bathynomus genus, can grow to be over 11 inches, but the biggest ones reach nearly 20 ...
The species was given its name because its head looks like the helmet worn by Darth Vader in Star Wars. Read more at ...