Giant isopods look like monstrously sized woodlice and can live in the deep sea, beyond the reach of daylight. But how much do we really know about the lives of these crustaceans? Despite their ...

In their quest to find new species, researchers trudge through muddy swamps, climb towering mountains, and in one case, ...

The research team noted that while isopods are a widely distributed group of crustaceans, boasting more than 10,000 species ...

However another expert, Dr Murray Thomson from the University of Sydney, said another type of crustacean - an isopod called cirolana harfordi - may have bitten the teenager. WARNING: This article ...

New Zealand scientists have discovered a tiny snowflake-like crustacean in the silty depths off the southern east coast. The ...

Pentaceration forkandbrewer - a marine isopod found off the east coast of New Zealand - was given its formal scientific name ...

Fork and Brewer has its name immortalised in scientific literature after winning a beer competition.