This deep-sea polar worm looks like it can't decide if it's dressed for a glitzy party or a gruesome massacre.

Researchers exploring the wares of fishers in Vietnam discovered a “supergiant” sea bug species whose resemblance to Darth ...

“The enormous size of giant isopods is a result of a phenomenon known as deep sea gigantism or abyssal gigantism, the tendency of deep-sea animals to grow to a much larger size than similar ...

Giant isopods look like monstrously sized woodlice and can live in the deep sea, beyond the reach of daylight ... what's enveloped within it - so things like crab flesh and marine worms'. When ocean ...

A father from the dark side has lent his title to a giant creature from the deep sea, with scientists having named a "sea bug" Bathynomus vaderi. The bug—which belongs to a group that can reach ...

This deep-sea polar worm looks like it can't decide if it's dressed for a glitzy party or a gruesome massacre. The skin of dwarf crocodiles found living in a cave in Gabon is turning orange from ...

The creature belongs to a genus of giant isopods found in abundance in deep-sea waters. Referred to by the researchers as a "supergiant," the largest of the specimens weighed more than 2.2 pounds ...

Although it was discovered in 1939, very little is known about this deep-sea species. Like other bristle worms, it probably plays an important role in keeping the ocean healthy.

Name: Antarctic scale worm (Eulagisca gigantea) Where it lives: Below 1,640 (500 meters) deep in Antarctica's Southern Ocean What ... Related: Ghostly white giant worms appear to be reproducing under ...