This woodlouse, also known as a pill bug or roly-poly, is demonstrating how the species can roll its armored body into a nearly impenetrable sphere when it’s threatened. This woodlouse, also known as ...

Lots of adults dislike woodlice. Some are physically revolted by them. But this distaste is cultural rather than innate since most small children are well-disposed towards woodlice and happy to handle ...

Even bugs as small as woodlice can disperse seeds they eat, setting a new record for smallest animal recorded to do so. The discovery underscores the crucial yet often overlooked role that small ...

Desert isopods [isopods are any member of the order Isopoda (class Crustacea)] might not make the top of the list of most-endearing animals, but these small (up to two centimeters-long) creatures, ...

The new Bathynomus species scavenges in the deep ocean. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A colossal, creamy yellow woodlouse ...

Artificial night-time light confuses a colour-changing coastal woodlouse, new research shows. The sea slater is an inch-long woodlouse that lives around the high-tide line and is common in the UK and ...