Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New millipede-derived alkaloids show potential for treating pain and neurological disorders through Sigma-1 receptor interaction. ...

Researchers in Australia have discovered "the first true millipede" – a 3-inch-long creature with 1,306 legs. But that bug doesn't come close to a recently discovered ancestor from more than 300 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study has established the first-ever evolutionary history of all living millipedes, one of the planet’s first land animals ...

Millipedes are usually too shy to mate above ground, but this species has no issue getting it on in a petri dish. Stephanie Ware, Field Museum SHARE After much anticipation, we now know exactly how ...

Hopes have been dashed that a parasitic worm will effectively kill hordes of invasive millipedes plaguing Wellingtonians. South coast residents sounded the alarm about infestations of the Portuguese ...

A University of Arizona entomologist's research into the leggiest creature ever found has landed him on National Geographic's list of the Ten Weirdest Science Stories of 2012. Study of Illacme ...

Dark, scaly creatures showing up around homes and inside shoes, bags, and even beds.

A previously unknown species has been discovered lurking in the parks of Los Angeles and Orange counties. The animal boasts 486 legs and a toothy, Predator-style head. It has the greenish translucence ...

Ever stumbled upon a huge fossil on your holiday? That's what happened to me and two friends in January 2018, on a beach in Howick in the north of England,while on a geological road-trip across ...

More stories about creepy-crawly (or buzzing) pests and what to do about them. You might have noticed: Millipedes are moving indoors again. That explains the unwelcome sightings in living rooms, ...

A millipede (Apheloria), photographed in New York. Sitting alongside the neurons in your enteric nervous system are underappreciated glial cells, which play key roles in digestion and disease that ...