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.

Thousands of meters below the ocean's surface lurk some gigantic creatures, much larger than their shallow-water brethren.

This video compiles several clips of giant isopods, and a rather large six-gill shark, attacking the fish-head bait. Scientists have estimated this deep-water predator shark to be over 12-ft long. For ...

This tendency toward gigantism is no different for isopods. A new study in the Journal of Natural History identifies a new species in a group of giant isopods known as Bathynomus. This species, which ...

Researchers of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Berhampur University, Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, have discovered a new species of fish parasitic isopod (Lobothorax bharat) from the ...