Giant isopods look like monstrously sized woodlice and can live in the deep sea, beyond the reach of daylight. But how much do we really know about the lives of these crustaceans? Despite their ...

In Vietnam, it is served as food after being steamed, grilled, stir-fried or cooked with fried rice. Read more at ...

What is a Japanese spider crab? They may look like something from a 1950s sci-fi film, but Japanese spider crabs are gentle giants. And giants they are. Of the 60,000 species of crustaceans on ...

An invasion of giant spider crabs has stunned locals as 'tens of thousands' of the crustaceans make a rare visit to the Australian coastal region. The migrating crabs have been swarming in the ...

Rare evidence about the lives of an ancient group of arthropods has been uncovered in the USA. The cluster of cyclidan crustaceans, which has been preserved for hundreds of millions of years, shows ...

ANDY TORBET:Japanese giant spider crabs have been found living at up to 600m deep. ANDY TORBET:'They're specially adapted to live at extreme depths 'and survive the huge pressures down there.