A robust, largely unregulated online trade in isopods could pose a serious threat to some vulnerable species, scientists warn.

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 ...

The ocean is full of surprises, and scientists are still finding creatures that seem almost unreal. From tiny reef animals to ...

The share of Americans reporting trouble affording food is rising this year amid persistently high grocery costs, according to a recent report from Purdue University. Roughly 14% of U.S. households ...

The Great Lakes Aquarium welcomed three giant isopods over the summer as part of its new Lava to Lakes exhibit. They’re named after the three deepest point in the ocean: Challenger, Horizon, and Ebden ...

Charming Holiday is a news article writer from the United States who has been working with GameRant since August 2023 and self-publishing since May 2025. He is a former cultural policy advisor who has ...

Have you ever played a roly-poly pill bug? No? Well, now you can in the inventive platformer Isopod: A Webbed Spinoff! Become a small-but-mighty wrecking ball of a bug in this physics-based platformer ...

Scientists found a “large”-eyed creature lurking underground in an ancient Roman aqueduct in Spain and discovered a new species, a study said. Photos from Cifuentes, Enrique Peña Pérez and Álvaro Luna ...

Scientists found a “large”-eyed creature lurking underground in an ancient Roman aqueduct in Spain and discovered a new species, a study said. Photos from Cifuentes, Enrique Peña Pérez and Álvaro Luna ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...