At a fishing port in Taiwan, 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 ...

All kinds of fascinating discoveries are likely lying in wait for us in the deep sea. Now scientists have pulled a new monster out of the waters off the coast of Indonesia. The creature is a new ...

Kevin’s wonderful post on the Giant Isopod inspired me to post on a topic I have long pondered. Frequent readers of DSN know that I am fond of Sylvia Earle and the topic of body size. Honestly, it is ...

What I want to discuss, and I use this word specifically as after 10 years contemplation I seem no closer to an answer, is why the Giant Isopod is, well, giant? Mosely noted in 1880 Other [animals] ...

The dark and frigid ocean floor is home to some of the most bizarre organisms imaginable, including these Mariana Trench monsters, and this Lovecraftian long-arm squid with 26-foot-long tentacles. But ...

The Ramen Boy states that the white meat of the isopod tastes similar to lobster and crab, while its yellow glands have the flavour of crab roe. It also describes the isopod as being “unexpectedly ...

From Japan comes news of a giant isopod that knows all there is to know about the hunger game. How else to explain the fasting behavior of the animal that, his minders say, hasn't eaten in more than 1 ...

The ocean is terrifying. It’s full of weird animals that would put even the most twisted science fiction writers to shame. But it’s also full of beauty and wonder. Some of those very same creatures ...

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 ...