When pill bugs roll into a tiny ball, the act looks far simpler than it actually is. Known as conglobation, a pill bugs’ ...

Most people first notice pill bugs while lifting a flowerpot or turning over a log, then watching small gray roly polies curl ...

Pill bugs are common but unique creatures that are found throughout the world, including the U.S. They’re also known as rolly pollies because of their tendency to curl up into a ball when they’re ...

With winter rains, Bay Area pill bugs are out in force. Fortunately, they’re one of our most beloved “bugs.” Pill bugs. Doodle bugs. Potato bugs. Wood Shrimp. Whatever you call them, there’s something ...

You’ve probably seen these little fourteen-legged chimeras at some point, though you may not have paid them any mind since you were a kid. Part shrimp, part kangaroo, and part armadillo, the ...

A research paper titled Biological Organisms as End Effectors explores the oddball approach of giving small animals jobs as grippers at the end of a robotic arm. Researchers show that pill bugs and ...