Some of them you know well: Crabs, lobsters, crayfish and shrimp are familiar crustaceans, which are generally the aquatic branch of the arthropod class of animals. There are others, however, that ...

07:16, Tue, Mar 9, 2021 Updated: 07:16, Tue, Mar 9, 2021 Woodlice are crustaceans which can be a common household problem in the UK. In small numbers, woodlice do not pose much of a threat, but an ...

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 ...

Goldbug: the common woodlouse has shed light on how organisms take up metals from the environment. (Courtesy: Andrawaag/CC BY-SA 4.0) When I was a child I remember being fascinated by woodlice, some ...

The dust-like seeds of the “silver dragon plant” are eaten and dispersed by a great variety of invertebrates. This variety probably benefits the plant, as it allows the seeds to be carried to more ...

Researchers introduce a novel imaging method to detect gold nanoparticles in woodlice. Their method, known as four-wave mixing microscopy, flashes light that the gold nanoparticles absorb. The light ...

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

AS SOON as the weather warms up woodlice can become a real issue for households up and down the country. Although they’re most commonly found in gardens, they can ...

A team of experts who are looking to combat viruses are to make a plea to the general public to help them in a new research project by becoming garden detectives - and hunt for the humble woodlouse.

The progress of man-made nanoparticles through the natural environment is of great concern to researchers, but tracking them in living systems has always been challenging. A project at Cardiff ...

Dogs can be friendly or hostile, cats aloof or affectionate, and horses moody - but woodlice? They are individual characters too, scientists claim. Tests on the way the creatures respond to being ...