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

New research has revealed that a hairy crustacean - dubbed "The Hoff Crab" when it was discovered in 2010 - is the first species in its family to show ...

A purchase at an urban Vietnamese fish market turned out to be a whole new species of giant isopod –with a bit of a dark side. The foot-long crustacean has been named Bathynomus vaderi and sports a ...

The giant isopod has been named Bathynomus vaderi due to its resemblance to Darth Vader's iconic helmet from "Star Wars." ...

A 14-legged giant isopod is the highlight ... 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 ...

A father from the dark side has lent his title to a giant creature from the deep sea, with scientists having ... scavenging on the remains of fish, crab, sponges and other organic matter that ...