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

Researchers exploring the wares of fishers in Vietnam discovered a “supergiant” sea bug species whose resemblance to Darth Vader inspired its name.

Southeast Asian scientists sent people’s skin crawling after discovering a sea bug off Vietnam that’s so massive that it looks AI-generated, per a study published in Zookeys. The jumbo isopod ...

The researchers formally described the novel sea bug in a paper published this month ... vaderi is only the second recorded supergiant isopod species discovered in the South China Sea.

The researchers formally described the novel sea bug in a paper published this month ... features that marked them as a newfound species. Isopods are an order of invertebrates belonging to the ...