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

and cheesy-bugs (Berkshire and Kent). ‘At least some of the old names are remembered,’ remarked Anthony Barber of the BMIG. ‘One wonders how many generations must pass until these are only found in ...

Researchers have discovered that woodlice can spread seeds they eat, setting a new record for the smallest animal recorded ...

In the bug-grinding task, participants were led to believe they killed woodlice by putting them into an adapted coffee-bean grinder. In actual fact, the woodlice were unharmed and only later ...

Ponds and puddles. And even in bug hotels. Within microhabitats, we can find many different types of minibeasts like woodlice, spiders, worms, snails and moths. All of them are tiny creatures that ...

explains some of what we know so far about these giant waterborne relatives of the pill bug. There are a lot of animals living on the seabed that seem strange to us on land. Giant isopods can live 500 ...

If you have an earwig problem, a supermarket bug spray or trap should do the trick. 5. Woodlice, Tiny but Destructive Woodlice thrive in damp conditions, making spring the perfect time for them to ...