A purchase at an urban Vietnamese fish market turned out to be a whole new species of giant isopod –with a bit of a dark side. The foot-long crustacean has been named Bathynomus vaderi and sports a ...

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

A new isopod species has been discovered by researchers in a lab in Singapore, and it is massive, at least relative to other giant isopods. Its discoverers apparently have a sense of humor ...

Giant isopods are foodies as well ... but evidence suggests that they also feast on slow-moving animals like sponges.

Giant isopods, which belong to the Bathynomus genus ... but evidence suggests that they also feast on slow-moving animals like sponges. Read More About Marine Animals: This article was originally ...