Giant Isopod. Image via Unsplash Resembling an oversized pillbug or woodlouse, the Giant Isopod is one of the deep sea’s most iconic creatures. These arthropods can grow up to 16 inches (40 cm) in ...

Giant Isopods: Superdimensional Roly-Polies Giant Isopod. Image via Unsplash Looking like enormously magnified versions of the backyard roly-poly or pill bug, Giant Isopods (Bathynomus giganteus) are ...

You won’t believe what washed up near Hooters! A giant isopod—an ancient, alien-like sea creature—showed up while my buddy was fishing with his sister. This thing looks like it came straight ...

Three isopods seen at the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum on Feb 19. The middle one is a new species of deep sea giant isopod Bathynomus vaderi, also known as Darth Vader. ST PHOTO: SHINTARO TAY ...

Researchers Identified a New ‘Supergiant’ Crustacean With 14 Legs—and They Named It After Darth Vader In recent years, the deep-sea giant isopod has also become a seafood delicacy in Vietnam ...

Newly-discovered giant sea bug resembling Darth Vader isn't as scary as it looks The creature belongs to a genus of giant isopods found in abundance in deep-sea waters, though the size of B ...

Giant isopods, which belong to the Bathynomus genus, can grow to be over 11 inches, but the biggest ones reach nearly 20 inches in length .

What has 14 legs, lives at the bottom of the sea, and looks like Darth Vader? It's a newly discovered species of supergiant isopod, and should you happen to be in Vietnam sometime soon, you can ...

Pictured: Newly identified giant isopod species Bathynomus vaderi. The creature's species name is a reference to how its head looks like the helmet of the evil Darth Vader in the "Star Wars ...

A “supergiant” sea bug discovered in Vietnam has been named for its striking resemblance to Star Wars villain Darth Vader. The giant isopod, which can reach lengths of 32.5cm and weigh over a ...

Nguyen Thanh Son holding a giant specimen of another species of giant isopod found in Vietnam (Bathynomus jamesi) that weighed 2.62 kg [5.7 pounds] from a seafood market in Hanoi, October 2024.