A 14-legged giant isopod is the highlight of a new dish at a ramen restaurant in Taipei, and it has people queuing up. Last month, the shop, called The Ramen Boy, launched the limited-edition ...

Giant isopods spend the majority of their time on the seabed, waiting for food to fall from higher in the water column The largest isopods are the species Bathynomus giganteus. When it comes to their ...

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 ...

The newly identified giant isopod has a head that looks eerily like the Sith Lord's iconic helmet from the "Star Wars" franchise.

Bathynomus vaderi is a kind of isopod, a group that also includes woodlice. It can reach lengths of over 30 centimetres and weights in excess of a kilogram. Read more Endangered skates saved from ...

Giant isopods - of which B. vaderi is one - have become an expensive delicacy in Vietnam in recent years. The unusual sea creatures are caught commercially and sold at fish markets. Some people ...

Dr. Nguyen Thanh Son holding a giant specimen of another species of giant isopod found in Vietnam (B. jamesi) that weighed 2.62 kg from a seafood market in Hanoi, October 2024.