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 ...

This is a roly-poly, not a bug. Nature is full of surprises. Some may not exactly rock your world, but might prompt a closer look at tiny creatures you commonly see. Take Roly-poly bugs for instance – ...

Pill bugs are gray pests related to crustaceans, and they are known for their ability to roll up into a ball when they encounter threats. Also commonly known as "roly-polies," these small, harmless ...

Mira M. of Sebastopol asks: I have quite a few of those ‘roly-poly’ bugs in my garden. A friend called them ‘sowbugs.” Are they a bug that I need to control? Will they do any damage to my plants?

WASHINGTON--Roly poly bugs may be a source of fun for kids and adults but these little bugs that form into balls at the slightest touch are causing problems for some threatened fish. New research ...

New research finds steelhead trout in a stream on the California coast accumulate mercury in their bodies when the fish eat roly polies and similar terrestrial bugs that fall into local waterways. The ...