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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thousands of fans in Japan have bid an emotional farewell to four giant pandas. The pandas, a mother and her three daughters, ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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