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 ...

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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] ...

A brand new species of giant isopod was discovered in a survey off the coast of Indonesia. There are now 20 species of these creatures that have been documented, but many more may remain undiscovered.

A new study reveals how deep-sea isopods survive years without food using giant stomachs, slow metabolism and a gene that controls energy use.

Going without food for even a single day feels difficult for most people, so the idea of surviving five years between meals ...

A new species of giant isopod, Bathynomus yucatanensis Huang et al. via Journal of Natural History Giant isopods are like something out of a science fiction novel—these massive, armored crustaceans ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- An isopod that replaces a fish's tongue has been discovered for the first time in the Channel Islands in Europe. The marine isopod, described by its finder as hideous and vicious, is ...

Designed at the behest of Antarctic Logistics and Expeditions, a company that offers support and tours on that continent, the four-person NEMO Isopod 100 was ­purpose-built to withstand the harsh UV ...

Rarely do questions make us speechless. “Is there any animal that naturally has no tongue?” Jeanette Thorpe asked Saturday’s Weird Animal Question of the Week via Facebook. (Check out Five of Nature’s ...