Discover the amazing longnose log fish, accompanied by its isopod companions—the largest one I've ever kept alive! This extraordinary creature is a true marvel of the underwater world.

“Ogusokumushi,” or the deep-sea giant isopod called Bathynomus doederleinii by its scientific name, is always a favorite among aquarium visitors. Its body is about 10 centimeters ...

The Calvert Marine Museum recently announced a groundbreaking paleontological discovery in which a coprolite — fossilized feces — containing the impression of a new genus and species of parasitic mari ...

Breathe easy, though—in reality, Cymothoa exigua, the parasitic isopod in question, only targets fish. Commonly known as the tongue-eating louse, it measures only about 0.3-1.1 inches in length ...

The restaurant steams the isopod for 10 minutes before adding it to a bowl of ramen with thick chicken and fish broth. Each bowl costs NT$1,480 (HK$376). A customer said the meat tasted like a mix ...

Dr Thomson said isopods also eat mainly dead fish and marine worms, as well as living fish. Both amphipods and isopods are mainly active at night. It was most likely a combination of factors ...