Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

Tiny ocean zooplankton play a massive role in trapping carbon deep below the surface, offering a hidden buffer against ...

W e humans bloomin' love a flower. Sniffing them, looking at them, lopping them off and popping them in vases. On land, there ...

The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has ...

The giant isopod The giant isopod is a sea creature related to crabs. It has a hard shell and many jointed legs. Its body is made of three parts: head, middle, and back.

The deep-sea dwellers, resembling supersized woodlice, were isopods, like lobsters, crabs and shrimp — and they are considered a delicacy in East Asia. These specimens were not for eating ...

This is the third supergiant isopod species discovered in the South China Sea since 2017, researchers said. Photo by Huang M-C, Kawai T (2025) At a fishing port in Taiwan, researchers bought four ...

The deep-sea dwellers, resembling supersized woodlice, were isopods, like lobsters, crabs and shrimp — and they are considered a delicacy in East Asia.

The deep-sea isopods play an important role in recycling nutrients in their environment, researchers said. Photo by Huang M-C, Kawai T (2025) ...

The deep-sea isopods play an important role in recycling nutrients in their environment, researchers said. Photo by Huang M-C, Kawai T (2025) ...