1. Giant isopods aren’t bugs. They’re crustaceans, ... One giant isopod in Japan went for five years without eating a single bite before dying in 2014. That same year, ...

The recent study described Bathynomus yucatanensis, a giant isopod subspecies that can grow up to 1.64 feet from oblong head to rounded tail. ... a pattern seen in Japanese spider crabs, ...

About 1 million species of animals live in the ocean. They should make room for one more: a nearly foot-long yellow isopod that thrives at the bottom of the sea. Identified as Bathonymus ...

Scientists have discovered a new giant isopod species among the sea creatures held in a Japanese aquarium. This cream-colored crustacean was originally mistaken for its larger relative, called ...

A group of Taiwanese, Japanese, and Australian researchers set out to describe the new species of giant isopod and distinguish it from the bathynomus giganteus, the giant isopods found throughout ...

About 1 million species of animals live in the ocean. They should make room for one more: a nearly foot-long yellow isopod that thrives at the bottom of the sea. Identified as Bathonymus ...

A giant armoured crustacean kept in a Japanese aquarium has been found to be a new species. The discovery adds to the nearly two dozen known species of giant isopods – large, 14-legged ...

Sighing at the news of a huge hike in electricity rates and being conscious of the need to cut back, I wondered what we could learn from the giant isopod. --The Asahi Shimbun, May 19 ...

New study on giant “sea bugs” reveals they can grow up to 1.5 feet long Of course, these giant “sea bugs” are actually bugs at all. Instead, they’re giant isopods known as Bathynomus ...

Giant isopods like Cirolana darthvaderi are fascinating examples of deep-sea adaptation. These creatures thrive in extreme environments, where food is scarce and pressure is immense.

But, life still prevails in the giant hole in the ocean floor some 2,500 feet below the Gulf of Mexico. Researchers have discovered a new species of the mysterious deep-sea isopod Bathonymus in ...