National University of Singapore carcinologist Peter Ng and colleagues have now formally described the novel sea bug in a new paper. As the head of the animal's carapace resembles the iconic scifi ...

The researchers formally described the novel sea bug in a paper published this month ... Most isopods are incredibly small, some as tiny as micrometers, while others can grow larger than 3 feet ...

Supergiant sea bugs, including B. vaderi ... Most isopods are incredibly small, typically measuring less than 2.5 centimeters (1 inch) in length. This disparity in size makes the discovery ...

Scientists discovered a gigantic previously unseen sea bug during the study of samples acquired from fishermen. Its head resembles Darth Vader’s helmet, and it is eaten by the Vietnamese. Bathynomus ...

Bọ biển, or “sea bugs,” are large isopods that have come to rival lobsters in “quality of the flesh” as a sought-after seafood delicacy. Often multiple pounds in weight, the insect ...

Among them was a species unknown to science at the time. National University of Singapore carcinologist Peter Ng and colleagues have now formally described the novel sea bug in a new paper. As the ...