The newly identified giant isopod has a head that looks eerily like the Sith Lord's iconic helmet from the "Star Wars" franchise.

The creature belongs to a genus of giant isopods found in abundance in deep-sea waters. Referred to by the researchers as a "supergiant," the largest of the specimens weighed more than 2.2 pounds ...

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

A 14-legged giant isopod is the highlight of ... the Dongsha Islands on the South China Sea. They are thought to be caught between 300 to 500 metres deep in the ocean. How parasitic worms wriggle ...

However, researchers assume that the animals also live in other parts of the South China Sea. Giant isopods - of which ... how little is known about the deep sea, according to the study.