Terrifying, supergiant seabugs can be found underneath the ocean, but this one looks like the Star Wars villain, Darth Vader.

It was named Bathynomus vaderi, in honor of Darth Vader from Star Wars. The crustacean's name is fitting because it lives in deep, dark waters. Additionally, its head is shaped similarly to Darth ...

Researchers in China have named a newly discovered fish species after the heroine of a Japanese animated film, after noting a striking resemblance. The deepwater tilefish bears red stripes reminiscent ...

Researchers who discovered the Bathynomus vaderi noted that it serves as a reminder of how little we know about what inhabits Earth's waters. "The discovery of a species as strange as Bathynomus ...

Over one foot in length, and weighing almost two pounds, the “Darth Vader of the Deep Seas” (Bathynomus vaderi) was named by Peter Ng, a crustacean researcher at the University of Singapore. These ...

Of all the bugs New Zealanders could have selected to win an international competition, they chose neither the prettiest, nor the most useful. The NZ velvet worm won this year’s New Zealand Bug ...

The Ear comes from a lobstering village on the East Coast, and always thought lobsters were particularly creepy-looking creatures.