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 ...

However, the scientific community does not refer to this animal as a Roly-Poly or any of the other endearing names, but rather as the Common Pill Woodlouse (Armadillidium vulgare).

Woodlice may look like insects but are actually isopod crustaceans related to crabs and lobsters. There are thought to be about 3,500 species of woodlouse in the world, 35 to 40 of which can be ...

Scientists have identified a woodlouse relative — a 10-inch-long, creamy yellow critter called Bathynomus yucatanensis from deep in the Gulf of Mexico.