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 spend the majority of their time on the seabed, waiting for food to fall from higher in the water column The largest isopods are the species Bathynomus giganteus. When it comes to their ...

Bathynomus vaderi is a kind of isopod, a group that also includes woodlice. It can reach lengths of over 30 centimetres and weights in excess of a kilogram. Read more Endangered skates saved from ...

Giant isopods like Bathynomus vaderi play a crucial ... Their ability to survive without food has been documented for more than five years in captivity. The article was written with the assistance ...

Dr. Nguyen Thanh Son holding a giant specimen of another species of giant isopod found in Vietnam (B. jamesi) that weighed 2.62 kg from a seafood market in Hanoi, October 2024.

energy-saving lifestyle that doesn’t lead to wastefulness even if one eats a lot like a giant isopod. This is how the creature survives in the deep sea, where food is scarce. "It’s interesting ...