Imagine 8-foot-long millipedes scooting across the ground in search of rotting plants. While that thought may make your skin crawl, the creatures you have conjured did exist. That is the arthropleura, ...

Though recently gaining the limelight as a superior alternative to lobster tail, a species of giant isopod is making ...

In recent years, the deep-sea giant isopod has also become a seafood delicacy in Vietnam, where it was discovered Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent The head of Bathynomus vaderi, a newly ...

Giant clams grow huge by relying on algae for energy. Scientists found genes that help them live with algae and grow big.

Giant clams, some of the largest mollusks on Earth, have long fascinated scientists. These impressive creatures can grow up ...

The new species has been named Bathynomus vaderi, as its head resembles the distinctive helmet of Darth Vader from “Star Wars ...

1. The bald neck and bare heads of vultures keep their feathers from sticking to blood while eating corpses. 2. During hot days, vultures engage in a process called urohydrosis. They urinate on their ...

Here are five mind-blowing facts about shoebills, the prehistoric-looking giant that can kill its own siblings for food. 1. Shoebills are found in East Africa’s Uganda, Sudan, the eastern Democratic ...

Conditions in the early universe might have enabled rocky planets with water to form much earlier than anticipated, potentially allowing life to begin sooner too. Astrophysicists studying the ...

Almost 90% of wild plants and 75% of leading global crops depend on animal pollination. One out of every three mouthfuls of our food depends on pollinators such as bees. Crops that depend on ...

First discovered in 1879, these distant relatives of woodlice thrive in the cold, dark depths of the ocean, scavenging for food on the seafloor ...