BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - If you haven’t seen the giant cockroach docked at the Schooner Pier in Biloxi, time is running out! The huge metal bug will soon be moving out to sea to be sunk and become ...

vaderi’s features, the team discovered that the aquatic cockroach was a never-before ... other parts of the South China Sea as well. Like all giant isopods, of which there are around 20 species ...

Scientists have newly identified a “supergiant” sea bug species after purchasing ... Currently, there are only 11 known “supergiant” and nine “giant” Bathynomus species, with several ...

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

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 ...