There was a sting in the tail for one would-be smuggler who was caught trying to sneak 150 live scorpions out of South Africa ...

Millipedes may have been crawling across Earth's landscapes nearly 460 million years ago, long before vertebrates ventured onto land. A new study finally completes their evolutionary family tree, ...

Hirudicryptus canariensis (left) Siphoniulus neotropicus (microscopic image at right) are the two rare millipedes whose DNA helped researchers complete the first evolutionary history of all living ...

Long before vertebrates walked on land, millipedes had the place to themselves. Hundreds of millions of years before dinosaurs arrived, these early decomposers were helping establish Earth's ...

Production of this article included the use of AI. It was reviewed and edited by a team of content specialists. Deep within the shadowy recesses of a cave in northern Thailand, researchers witnessed ...

America’s most poisonous millipede uses a glowing body as a warning of the chemicals it carries. When disturbed, it releases toxic secretions that can burn skin and cause severe eye injury. Because it ...

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Scientists from Georgia College & State University and Hampden-Sydney College discovered the never-before-seen species. According to the park, two of the millipedes have only been found in one ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — A discovery has been made in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park — and it just might make your skin crawl. GSMNP said the park is getting a whole lot more "leggy ...