Deep-sea isopods are cousins of terrestrial roly-polies, also known as pill bugs. The newly described pinky-length crustacean was found on a slope of Exuma Sound, southeast of Nassau, at a depth ...

Bathynomus giganteus (Arthropoda: Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) You know those cute little roly-poly bugs you found under rocks as a kid? You poke at them and they curl up into a little ball? Well, ...

HANOI, Vietnam — Deep in the waters off Vietnam’s coast, scientists have discovered a new species of giant isopod — a ...

This big crustacean lives on the ocean floor but is related to the pillbugs, also known as roly poly bugs, in your garden. They definitely look like something out of science fiction or even horror ...

A giant deep-sea, a huge marine relative of the common woodlouse or roly-poly, has been discovered in the Gulf of Mexico. Measuring more than 10 inches long, the isopod, ...

1. Roly-Poly Is Just One of Their Names . For one small bug, they go by a lot of different names. The scientific name of the most common species is Armadillidium vulgare, and they are officially ...