The Pokemon Company announces an incredible life-sized Gardevoir plush, and the community can't wait to find out the cost and get orders in.

Now, the floppy-eared Cinnamoroll is getting a new release for one of his biggest plushies yet, and the result is a massive ...

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

The Giant CInnamoroll plush is back at Build-a-Bear following the Sanrio mascot's original October 2023 debut.

Supergiant sea bugs, including B. vaderi, are members of the isopod family, characterized by their hard, protective exoskeleton and seven pairs of legs. The largest specimen in the study weighed more ...

In a surprising discovery off the coast of Vietnam, scientists have identified a new species of giant isopod, one that closely resembles a pop culture icon: Darth Vader. This newly discovered species, ...

Bathynomus vaderi, a newly discovered giant isopod in Vietnam, is now a popular delicacy and highlights the urgent need to study and sustainably manage deep-sea ecosystems. Bathynomus vaderi is part ...

They picked up four giant isopods from the market and decided to take a closer look at the different creatures, which helped them discover the huge new species. They decided to name it Bathynomus ...

In the markets of Vietnam, researchers have identified a new species of giant isopod that astonishingly mirrors one of pop culture’s most iconic villains: Darth Vader. Named Bathynomus vaderi in honor ...

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. Image credit: Peter Ng.

Its head resembles Darth Vader’s helmet, and it is eaten by the Vietnamese. Bathynomus vaderi belongs to the genus Bathynomus — giant isopods (crustaceans also known as sea bugs or marine bugs), which ...

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 ...