Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images If you’ve ever picked up a flower pot on your patio or dug around in a pile of mulch, you’ve probably seen a roly ...

Most people assume that pill bugs, which are more colloquially referred to as ‘roly polies,’ are insects. But while you might find these little critters hanging out under rocks with other bugs, they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hand holding a roly-poly bug - Thijs de Graaf/Shutterstock Pill bugs are gray pests related to crustaceans, and they are known ...

Mira M. of Sebastopol asks: I have quite a few of those ‘roly-poly’ bugs in my garden. A friend called them ‘sowbugs.” Are they a bug that I need to control? Will they do any damage to my plants?

Roly poly bugs may be a source of fun for kids and adults but these little bugs that form into balls at the slightest touch are causing problems for some threatened fish. New research finds steelhead ...

Meet the animal kingdom’s newest little guy. This is Booralana nickorum, a recently described species of deep-sea isopod found in The Bahamas. It is a cirolanid isopod—a member of the family ...

If you've ever picked up a flower pot on your patio or dug around in a pile of mulch, you've probably seen a roly poly. The common name, given to both pillbugs and sowbugs, is appropriate because of ...