Mira M. of Sebastopol asks: How damaging are those roly-poly bugs in the garden? Do they need to be controlled? Compared to other insects, roly-poly bugs, aka sowbugs or pillbugs, are low on the ...

As I have the opportunity to visit with folks about the natural world, I love hearing the countless stories of the fond memories that many people recall of where they would interact with nature as ...

When pill bugs roll into a tiny ball, the act looks far simpler than it actually is. Known as conglobation, a pill bugs’ “ball” involves a full-body engineering trick designed to protect them from ...

Mira M. of Sebastopol asks: I have quite a few of those ‘roly-poly’ bugs in my garden. A friend called them ‘sowbugs.” Are they a bug that I need to control? Will they do any damage to my plants?

Most people assume that pill bugs, which are more colloquially referred to as ‘roly polies,’ are insects. But while you might find these little critters hanging out under rocks with other bugs, they ...

This is a roly-poly, not a bug. Nature is full of surprises. Some may not exactly rock your world, but might prompt a closer look at tiny creatures you commonly see. Take Roly-poly bugs for instance – ...

During a field trip to a seaside park less than a mile from the Port of Los Angeles, a class of college students and their professor found a bizarre-looking new species of aquatic pill bug, also known ...

Meet the animal kingdom’s newest little guy. This is Booralana nickorum, a recently described species of deep-sea isopod found in The Bahamas. It is a cirolanid isopod—a member of the family ...