Giant isopods also have very large eyes in comparison to their body too,' explains Miranda. The isopods also have little hooked claws at the ends of their legs. These make the animal more stable on ...

Giant isopods are like something out of a science fiction novel—these massive, armored crustaceans use 14 legs to crawl along the ocean floor at staggering depths.

About 1 million species of animals live in the ocean.They should make room for one more: a nearly foot-long yellow isopod that thrives at the bottom of the sea.

A group of researchers recently discovered a new species of giant “sea bugs” that live down at the bottom of the ocean. These sea bugs are actually isopods known as Bathynomus yucatanensis.

Giant isopods are thought to have existed for more than 160 million years, ... Office of Ocean Exploration and Research's "31 Dives of Halloween" web series, ...

Head down deep enough into the ocean and you might just find the lord of the underworld – except it turns out he’s a bit more… crustacean-y than you might’ve been expecting. Ok, scientists ...

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 ...

Giant isopods can grow up to 16 inches long and spend their lives on the ocean floor at depths up to 2100 meters (7,000 feet). Giant isopods feed on fish and crabs and debris of decaying fish and ...

NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, Gulf of Mexico 2012 Expedition, via NOAA Photo Library, Flickr // CC by 2.0. Giant isopods live between 550 to 7020 feet deep (and potentially deeper), and prefer a ...

An “unusual” isopod found in a volcanic environment on the ocean floor belongs to a new species, according to a new study. Photo from Tim Marshall, UnSplash Twenty-two years ago, researchers ...

The bathynomus yucatanensis is a species of giant isopod, crustaceans that scavenge for food at the bottom of the ocean. Their segmented, fourteen-legged bodies resemble their much smaller ...