Deep-sea creatures exhibit gigantism, with football-sized eyes and van-sized sponges thriving in crushing darkness. These ...

Woodlice are usually found in damp areas such as under containers, in compost heaps or beneath piles of plant debris. Also known as pill bugs and slaters, woodlice are around 15mm long with an outer ...

IN the spring of 1938 Prof. G. E. Hutchinson found a small white blind myrmecophilous sowbug in North Branford, Connecticut. The species was afterwards found in ants' nests in a small tract of country ...

In this extract from "The Lives of Spiders: A Natural History of the World's Spiders," author Ximena Nelson examines three species of spider with unusual diets — plants, blood and pill bugs. When you ...

I found this in the greenhouse under a pot. Can you tell me about it please? – D Hatton, Co Wexford This bloodthirsty-looking spider is a woodlouse. It is slow-moving, nocturnal and preys entirely on ...

A bizarre-looking bright blue woodlouse has been photographed in the wild – but the picture is actually much sadder than one might first realise. The image of the critter was shared on Reddit this ...

THE UK has more than 650 different spider species spread all over the country and while some are extremely venomous, most of them are harmless. Here is everything you need to know about them and what ...

Lots of adults dislike woodlice. Some are physically revolted by them. But this distaste is cultural rather than innate since most small children are well-disposed towards woodlice and happy to handle ...