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 ...

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 ...

It's not just your house: there are more earwigs skittering around Wisconsin this year. Earwigs generally don't receive a lot of attention in terms of research and monitoring, so it's hard to pinpoint ...

In the unexplored depths of The Bahamas, a newfound animal emerges—meet Booralana nickorum, the latest addition to the animal kingdom. This recently classified species belongs to the cirolanid isopod ...

Pillbugs and sowbugs are not bugs at all. Unlike our other garden inhabitants, they are a type of crustacean called an isopod. They are more closely related to lobsters and shrimp than to any insect.

Scientists discovered a new species of giant isopod that is the size of a literal football. This big crustacean lives on the ocean floor but is related to the pillbugs, also known as roly poly bugs, ...

Most isopods, including pill bugs, have 7 pairs of legs. Utilizing pleopodal lungs creates a permanent respiratory constraint on land. Scientists discovered crustaceans successfully adapted to dry ...

Pretty ladybugs, fluttering butterflies, creepy daddy longlegs, and roly-poly bugs are some of the familiar creatures featured in this insect album. Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! will inform and entertain curious ...