Millipedes aren’t among the most popular animals in the world. When they are thought of, it’s usually concerning a pest-control problem. There is a dedicated pet community that enjoys taking care of ...

Millipedes come in one basic shape but many sizes. When they aren’t curled into a tight ball, millipedes are easily recognizable thanks to their long, cylindrical bodies and dozens, sometimes hundreds ...

Biosecurity New Zealand said the invertebrate had been identified on the south coast and in Lower Hutt for about 20 years, ...

Millipedes, often dismissed as creepy crawlies, may hold the secret to future painkillers and neurological drugs. Researchers at Virginia Tech discovered unique alkaloid compounds in the defensive ...

At night, we saw a vicious predator attacking a much larger prey. In the morning, we saw the brightest red blood I have ever seen. We were not anywhere near African big game. A larval insect was the ...

At night we saw a vicious predator attacking a much larger prey. In the morning we saw the brightest red blood I have ever seen. We were not anywhere near African big game. A larval insect was the ...

Millipedes get a bad rap — their many legs put people off and could classify them as “creepy crawly.” But these anthropods’ secretions could hold the key to new drug discovery for the treatment of ...

The new large millipede species was discovered in Colombia’s department of Boyacá, in the foothills of the Andes, about 1,600 feet above sea level, according to a study. Ricky Beron via Unsplash ...

After living in Florida for a long time, I’m used to uninvited guests, but the millipedes were a brave new weird. “I heard you talking to the millipedes,” says Doug, my best friend, and we’ve been ...

Structures in millipede secretions have been found to modulate specific neuroreceptors in ant brains. Millipedes get a bad rap — their many legs put people off and could classify them as ‘creepy ...