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

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

The giant isopod (Bathynomus) is a deep-sea crustacean related to roly-polys and pill bugs. Although the "giant" isopod ranges in size from 3 to 20 inches (8 to 51 centimeters) long, it dwarfs the ...

The marine isopod, which looks something like a prehistoric garden bug, was given the formal scientific name of pentaceration forkandbrewer. Fork and Brewer were given the honour after brewing the ...

WHAT: A newly discovered genus and species of parasitic marine isopod, known as Calverteca ... “It had an inclusion of a bug or crustacean. At that time, I wasn’t really sure what it was ...

Pentaceration forkandbrewer - a marine isopod found off the east coast of New Zealand - was given its formal scientific name after Fork and Brewer brewed the best beer as part of The Crustacean ...

SINGAPORE – Hairy crabs are back in season, and fans of the prized crustaceans can enjoy them at selected Chinese restaurants in November, with several offering them till December. Also known ...

Recently, large groups of these unique crustaceans washed up at Horseshoe Bay, south of Adelaide, and shortly after at Bondi Beach in Sydney. Despite their unusual looks and exotic appeal, scientists ...

A giant Bathynomus isopod at a Japanese aquarium has died, more than five years after staff last managed to get it to eat anything. These huge deep sea crustaceans play an important role in the wild ...

Some rattail species, like Coryphaenoides acrolepis, can live up to 73 years. These fish are abundant in the deep sea and are considered apex predators, feeding on anything including smaller fish, ...