The male giant isopod, known simply as No. 1, last ate on Jan. 2, 2009 — or, ... No. 1 has only pretended to eat — going so far as to rub its face on dead fish before walking away, ...

Fellow invert nerds, please enjoy these gifs of invertebrates punching vertebrates in the face. 1. Giant isopod vs. shark. You’ll never look at your backyard pill bug the same way again. 2. Sand ...

Robert Krulwich has the sad details surrounding “Giant isopod No. 1” (for so the creature was unceremoniously named) and his five-year protest today at NPR:. No. 1’s caretaker, Takeya ...

A new isopod species has been discovered in a lab in Singapore, and it is massive, at least relative to other giant isopods. It's named after Darth Vader. The post New ‘Supergiant’ Isopod ...

Let's face it giant isopods are the shiznit, the bee's knees, the bomb diggidy, and all that and a bag of potato chips. The giant isopod album we've talked about before, although it beats me where it ...

The first movie was in 1977, in my youth, and it was cool,” says Ng. “But we all agree that the face of Bathynomus looks so much like Darth Vader that it just had to be named after the Sith ...

As if Bathynomus weren’t big enough in general, Bathynomus vaderi are specifically “supergiant” isopods that can reach 12.8 inches in length and weigh more than 2.2 pounds.

From Japan comes news of a giant isopod that knows all there is to know about the hunger ... No. 1 has only pretended to eat — going so far as to rub its face on dead fish before walking ...

The male giant isopod, known simply as No. 1, last ate on Jan. 2, 2009 — or, to put it in perspective, 18 days before President Obama began his first term. Search Query Show Search News ...