The specimens were the bycatch of a fishing vessel in the South China Sea, which researchers later bought to study.

researchers bought four giant crustaceans hauled in as bycatch by a trawling vessel in the South China Sea. The deep-sea dwellers, resembling supersized woodlice, were isopods, like lobsters ...

Bathynomus vaderi, found in the South China Sea, is a new crustacean from the isopod family (Isopoda). It belongs to the giant isopods, which are abundant in cold, deep waters. The scientists ...

A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been seen by human eyes, revealing a vibrant, thriving ecosystem ...

The crustacean measures up to 32.5 cm (12.8 inches) in length and weighs over a kilogram (2.2 pounds), making it one of the largest known isopods. India nominated to UN Data panels marking global ...

Australian scientists have announced the collection of samples from potential new marine species during their research in ...