A giant armoured crustacean kept in a Japanese aquarium has been found to be a new species. The discovery adds to the nearly two dozen known species of giant isopods – large, 14-legged crustaceans ...

The Great Lakes Aquarium welcomed three giant isopods over the summer as part of its new Lava to Lakes exhibit. They’re named after the three deepest point in the ocean: Challenger, Horizon, and Ebden ...

Scientists discovered a new species of giant isopod that is the size of a literal football. This big crustacean lives on the ocean floor but is related to the pillbugs, also known as roly poly bugs, ...

Giant isopods scurry like roly-poly bugs in a touch tank. Japanese spider crabs the size of Labrador retrievers stalk a whale skeleton. Glasslike jellies crackle with electric-rainbow lights. Into the ...

Researchers have identified a new species of Bathonymus, the famed genera of deep-sea isopods whose viral internet fame has made them the most famous aquatic crustaceans since Sebastian of The Little ...

A sea creature in a Japanese aquarium goes on strike. It won't eat. Just totally refuses. What to do? It was found in Baja California, in the water, scuttling about. It's an isopod — a many legged, ...

Never-before-seen deep sea creatures are coming to the Monterey Bay Aquarium on April 9 in a new exhibition called “Into the Deep: Exploring Our Undiscovered Ocean.” And they look unreal. Some of the ...

The Monterey Bay Aquarium has announced the opening date for their newest exhibit, "Into the Deep: exploring our undiscovered ocean."The new exhibit was a collaborative effort between the aquarium and ...