A purchase at an urban Vietnamese fish market turned out to be a whole new species of giant isopod –with a bit of a dark side ...

"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 ...

There’s the giant isopod (Bathynomus giganteus), which can grow over a foot long and is commonly found 7000 feet below sea level. The depths of the ocean are also home to the bloody-belly comb ...

Discover Bathynomus vaderi, a newly identified giant isopod species from Vietnam’s deep seas, named after Darth Vader.

Scientists have newly identified a “supergiant” sea bug species after purchasing crustaceans from fishermen and restaurants in Vietnam to study the growing popularity of the creatures as a local ...

Bathynomus vaderi is a kind of isopod, a group that also includes woodlice. It can reach lengths of over 30 centimetres and weights in excess of a kilogram. So far, the new species has only been ...

Bathynomus vaderi grows to around 30 centimetres in length and weighs more than one kilogram. So far, the species has only been found in Vietnamese waters near the Spratly Islands. However ...

The head of Bathynomus vaderi resembles the helmet worn by Darth Vader from Star Wars. Nothing epitomizes the mysteries and wonders of ocean life quite like a giant sea bug. Imagine a pale roly ...

Bathynomus vaderi belongs to a group known as “supergiants,” reaching lengths of 32.5 cm and weighing over a kilogram. So far, this new species has only been found near the Spratly Islands in ...