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

The deep sea is home to weird and wonderful creatures that, over millions of years, have evolved specific traits to survive the extreme conditions of their habitat. These adaptations to their ...

The world is full of strange creatures, and researchers discover new animal species every year. The oddities of fauna tend to become ever so much stranger when we leave the dry land and turn our gaze ...

The deep sea is home to weird and wonderful creatures that, over millions of years, have evolved specific traits to survive the extreme conditions of their habitat. These adaptations to their ...

Earth’s oceans cover 71% of the planet, but humans have only explored less than 20% of the seas. Scientists believe there are many undiscovered creatures living in its depths. Some species, like the ...

A giant congregation of crabs filmed 1,350 feet below the surface in the ocean off of Chile. Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute / YouTube An age of discovery is upon us. Earth is an ocean planet, with ...

Scientists have newly identified a "supergiant" sea bug species after purchasing crustaceans from fishermen and restaurants in Vietnam to study the growing popularity of the creatures as a local ...

Deep-sea isopods found in markets and restaurants turned out to be a species new to science. Ng PKL, Sidabalok CM, Nguyen TS (2025) ZooKeys Along the coast of the South China Sea in Vietnam, bọ biển ...

(CNN) — Scientists have newly identified a “supergiant” sea bug species after purchasing crustaceans from fishermen and restaurants in Vietnam to study the growing popularity of the creatures as a ...

Dive deep into mysterious waters and meet colossal sea creatures ruling oceans with incredible size, power, and ancient ...

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 ...

The mysterious giant squid has rarely ever been seen by humans, let alone photographed or filmed swimming in its natural habitat. Most of what we know about giant squids has come from fishermen ...