the new species shares its habitat with its cousin B. jamesi in the South China Sea, particularly in the waters near the Spratly Islands. This coexistence of two giant isopod species in the same ...

Giant isopods look like monstrously sized woodlice and can live in the deep sea, beyond the reach of daylight. But how much do we really know about the lives of these crustaceans? Despite their ...

Giant isopods - of which B ... as humans are increasingly trying to exploit this habitat for fishing, oil and gas production and even mineral extraction. The first step in protecting the deep ...

Giant isopods of the genus Bathynomus ... our deep-sea biodiversity as humans increasingly endeavor to exploit this habitat for fisheries, oil and gas, and even minerals. The sustainable fishery ...

A 14-legged giant isopod is the highlight of a new dish at a ramen restaurant in Taipei, and it has people queuing up. Last month, the shop, called The Ramen Boy, launched the limited-edition ...

Giant isopods like Bathynomus vaderi have become ... sea biodiversity as humans increasingly endeavour to exploit this habitat for fisheries, oil and gas, and even minerals.

These giant isopods, with their 14 legs ... The study did not delve into population figures, but due to their deep-water habitat, the number of creatures could be substantial and remains one ...

It looks like it came from a galaxy far, far away — and should have stayed there. Southeast Asian scientists sent people’s skin crawling after discovering a sea bug off Vietnam that’s so ...

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 a ...

Despite being large enough to wear a collar and having a villainous appearance, deep sea isopods are harmless to humans, feeding on decaying matter like their roly-poly and pillbug land relatives.