JUST like any other creature, spiders range over a wide spectrum of species which are split into families. The Dysderidae family have a wide range of spiders in it such as the woodlouse, and this is ...

On the flank of High Peak, one of the highest hills on the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic, there is a tiny scrap of land known as the Dell. The size of a tennis court, it is the island's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Common Pill Woodlouse. As I have the opportunity to visit with folks about the natural world, I love hearing the countless stories ...

In the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean lies a remote tropical island known as Saint Helena. It is a United Kingdom territory that is 1,200 miles (1,950 km) west of the southwestern coast of Africa.

Havant, Hampshire As I watched, a woodlouse blundered into a translucent tripline and the web vibrated My gardening gloves had lain abandoned in the shed for several months as the cold, wet spring had ...

The woodlouse goes by many names: roly-poly, pill bug, potato bug, tomato bug, butchy boy, cheesy bob and chiggy pig, to name just a few. It is best known for contracting into a ball when agitated.

A bizarre-looking bright blue woodlouse has been photographed in the wild – but the picture is actually much sadder than one might first realise. The image of the critter was shared on Reddit this ...

Lots of adults dislike woodlice. Some are physically revolted by them. But this distaste is cultural rather than innate since most small children are well-disposed towards woodlice and happy to handle ...

An insect enthusiast took to Reddit to share an image of the rare blue woodlouse they found this week. But it was all sad news after learning why the critter had changed colour A bizarre-looking ...