In the dark depths of the ocean, food can be so scarce that animals may go months or even years between meals. Yet one ...

A new study reveals how deep-sea isopods survive years without food using giant stomachs, slow metabolism and a gene that controls energy use.

Going without food for even a single day feels difficult for most people, so the idea of surviving five years between meals ...

A pill bug dwelling under a garden pot curls its body into a tiny armored ball as self-defense. Far below the ocean surface, ...

The enormous deep-sea cousins of your garden’s pill bugs can go five years without food. A gene they pilfered from bacteria may be part of the secret.

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...