A huge bug-like crustacean, roughly 12.7 inches (32.2 centimeters) long, spent over three decades misidentified as a known species as it sat inside the University of Tübingen in Germany.

The nearly 13-inch crustacean was brought to Germany from Puerto Rico in the 1980s, but its true identity remained a mystery until researchers took a closer look ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. a close up of an isopod with antenne and a segmented body In March 2022, a team from Hanoi University purchased four giant isopod ...

A dried giant isopod brought from Puerto Rico in the late 1980s, and filed for decades in the University of Tübingen collection as Bathynomus giganteus, belongs to a species nobody had named. In a ...

This article describes the specific physical adaptations of creatures like the star-nosed mole and giant isopod, highlighting ...

Giant isopods of the genus Bathynomus, which can reach more than 30 cm in length, are known as bọ biển or "sea bugs" in Vietnam. For the first time, one such species was described from Vietnamese ...

Giant isopods are real, they're ancient, and they're straight up terrifying. Meet the deep sea creature that breaks your ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...