Like all giant isopods, of which there are around 20 species, B. Vaderi is a carnivore and prefers feeding on crustaceans, fish, squid, and even whale carcasses.. In turn, giant isopods are a ...

From the top, an isopod looks like a gargantuan version of the pill-bug, a land-dwelling cousin. Flip it over, and the pale, 14-legged crustacean resembles a ’ facehugger ’ from the movie Aliens.

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. The foot-long crustacean has been named Bathynomus vaderi and sports ...

Barry Levinson’s new horror film ’The Bay’ features some real-life creatures known as Isopods, and we’ve got two exclusive images of the things for you today.

Isopods, crustaceans mistaken for bugs, studied by researchers in dietary preferences. They choose soil crust over plant litter, aided by microbes for digestion, revealing dietary intricacies.

Isopods – the segmented, ... No. 1 didn’t care. He tried different foods. No. 1 wasn’t interested. It would either push the food away, or walk away.

A packed parking lot at the Longview fairgrounds shows how popular the Herps Reptile Show has become. Tables were set up ...

TAIPEI - A 14-legged giant isopod is the highlight of a new dish at a ramen restaurant in Taipei and it has people queuing up - both for pictures and for a bite from this bowl of noodles.

Isopods are invertebrates – animals without backbones – that belong to the group known as crustaceans, which also includes crabs and shrimp. There are about 10,000 species of isopods.