In recent years, the deep-sea giant isopod has also become a seafood delicacy in Vietnam, where it was discovered Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent The head of Bathynomus vaderi, a newly ...

Researchers exploring the wares of fishers in Vietnam discovered a “supergiant” sea bug species whose resemblance to Darth Vader inspired its name.

Despite the size disparity, most isopods share a resemblance ... the commercial interest has raised concerns that the growing market for giant isopods could lead to overfishing in the South ...

Countless birds and seals died on South Georgia's icy coves and beaches when past giant icebergs stopped them ... It is now around 3,500 sq km, roughly the size of the English county of Cornwall.

A GIANT two-legged dinosaur that dwarfed the T-rex stomped through the Gobi Desert over 65 million years ago. The proof? Its enormous footprints, the largest of which measures three feet across.

vaderi is not the largest isopod species. The top spot is occupied by B jamesi, which can grow to around 50 cm and weigh approximately 2.6 kilograms. Despite their size, these creatures managed to ...

This new species, belonging to the genus Bathynomus, is described as "supergiant" due to its impressive size. Measuring up to 12.8 inches (32.5 cm ... researchers believe it could also inhabit other ...

That shocking size is approximately 10 times larger than the average isopod. To date, 11 "supergiant" and nine "giant" Bathynomus species have been discovered, and vaderi is only the second to be ...

The crustaceans, members of the isopod family, are fished from deep ... There are only 11 known "supergiant" and nine "giant" Bathynomus species, and this is only the second supergiant to be ...

“The sustainable fishery of giant isopods just adds to the many challenges we face. And the first step is to know what lives there.” The team’s paper was published in the journal ZooKeys.