Researchers newly identified a “supergiant” sea bug species off the coast of south-central Vietnam, but scientists worry ...

Giant ocean-dwelling isopods are on the menu in Vietnam. Scientists discovered a new species among specimens captured for the ...

Like Star Wars' villainous Darth Vader, the newly described sea bug is pasty white and sports a head, the shape of which resembles the helmet of the Sith Lord's life-support armor. The discovery ...

Southeast Asian scientists sent people’s skin crawling after discovering a sea bug off Vietnam that’s ... its carapaced cranium resembles Darth Vader’s iconic helmet from “Star Wars ...

The giant isopod has been named Bathynomus vaderi due to its resemblance to Darth Vader's iconic helmet from ... a never-before-seen giant sea bug after studying samples purchased from fishers ...

Giant isopods, which belong to the Bathynomus genus, can grow to be over 11 inches, but the biggest ones reach nearly 20 ...

The bug's head bears a striking resemblance to Darth Vader - so much so that scientists included the villain in the new Latin name, Bathynomus vaderi. The species belongs to a group of isopods ...

Scientists discovered a gigantic previously unseen sea bug during the study of samples acquired from fishermen. Its head resembles Darth Vader’s helmet, and it is eaten by the Vietnamese. Bathynomus ...

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Giant isopods of the genus Bathynomus, which can reach more than 30 cm in length, are known as bọ biển or "sea bugs" in Vietnam ... and iconic helmet of Darth Vader, the most famous Sith ...