On the flank of High Peak, one of the highest hills on the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic, there is a tiny scrap of land known as the Dell. The size of a tennis court, it is the island's ...

JUST like any other creature, spiders range over a wide spectrum of species which are split into families. The Dysderidae family have a wide range of spiders in it such as the woodlouse, and this is ...

Havant, Hampshire As I watched, a woodlouse blundered into a translucent tripline and the web vibrated My gardening gloves had lain abandoned in the shed for several months as the cold, wet spring had ...

In the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean lies a remote tropical island known as Saint Helena. It is a United Kingdom territory that is 1,200 miles (1,950 km) west of the southwestern coast of Africa.

As I have the opportunity to visit with folks about the natural world, I love hearing the countless stories of the fond memories that many people recall of where they would interact with nature as ...

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 ...

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 ...

Invasive and exotic animals have long been common subjects of scarelore, and messages alerting readers to the supposed threat posed by some new or previously unheard-of species often spread like ...