Mary Jo DiLonardo has worked in print, online, and broadcast journalism for 25 years and covers nature, health, science, and animals. The roly-poly, or pill bug, is a terrestrial crustacean that ...

The urban homeowner's biggest problem with them is when they invade your home. The problem isn't actually the isopods themselves but the moisture that is coming in along rotting wood or cracks.

Seville and Roly Poly would like to make sure everyone gets tickets to the Unleash Your Heart Gala on Sept. 30 at the Jackson College Potter Center, 2111 Emmons Road.

However, the scientific community does not refer to this animal as a Roly-Poly or any of the other endearing names, but rather as the Common Pill Woodlouse (Armadillidium vulgare).

New Aquatic 'Roly-Poly' Found in Los Angeles. Published May 18, 2015 at 2:36 PM EDT Updated Mar 30, 2016 at 5:16 AM EDT. The new species Exosphaeroma pentcheffi.

From roly-polys to transplanting, advice for the spring gardener from Gwen Kilchherr and Dana Lozano. Mira M. of Sebastopol asks: I have quite a few of those ‘roly-poly’ bugs in my garden. A ...