A new species of giant isopod, Bathynomus yucatanensis Huang et al. via Journal of Natural History Giant isopods are like something out of a science fiction novel—these massive, armored crustaceans ...

For starters, you need to know that a fish tongue is not like a human tongue. Our tongues are flexible, muscular, and magnificently mobile; they help us speak, suck, swallow, whistle, lick, taste, and ...

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Scientists have discovered a new species of marine cryptofauna in the Florida Keys. Cryptofauna are the tiny, hidden, organisms that make up the majority of biodiversity in the ocean. The tiny ...

Amazing new footage shows a rare Deepstaria jellyfish with a resident isopod in its bell off the coast of Chile. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Meet the animal kingdom’s newest little guy. This is Booralana nickorum, a recently described species of deep-sea isopod found in The Bahamas. It is a cirolanid isopod—a member of the family ...

The head of Bathynomus vaderi, a newly described species of giant isopod found in Southeast Asian waters Nguyen Thanh Son Move aside, lobster—a newly described giant isopod from Vietnam is now a ...