A purchase at an urban Vietnamese fish market turned out to be a whole new species of giant isopod –with a bit of a dark side. The foot-long crustacean has been named Bathynomus vaderi and sports a ...

Move aside, lobster—a newly described giant isopod from Vietnam is now a seafood delicacy ... and if they become a very ...

Dr. Nguyen Thanh Son holding a giant specimen of another species of supergiant isopod found in Vietnam ... in Quy Nhơn City – and no, not for eating. Because the creatures looked a bit ...

“The enormous size of giant isopods is a result of a phenomenon ... scavenge carcasses on the seafloor, but may also eat live prey. Isopods are crustaceans, part of a group that includes ...

Bathynomus are deep-sea sea bugs that have been eaten in Vietnam for ... 10 times larger than the average isopod. To date, 11 "supergiant" and nine "giant" Bathynomus species have been discovered ...

Giant isopods are foodies as well ... “When they‘re hungry, and they‘re eating, {we’ll} definitely have a lot of food around them because they‘ll keep eating.” Their carnivorous ...

Though recently gaining the limelight as a superior alternative to lobster tail, a species of giant isopod is making ...

A newly discovered giant isopod has been named after Darth Vader of Star Wars, inspired by his iconic and distinctive helmet. The 32.5 cm-long sea bug, known as a 'supergiant' was found off the coast ...

A species of giant isopod whose armoured plates resemble a certain Hollywood villain’s famous helmet has officially entered ...

vaderi, are members of the isopod family, characterized by their ... there are only 11 known “supergiant” and nine “giant” Bathynomus species, with several awaiting formal description ...