Watch THIS. Trigger warning: it’s simultaneously the coolest and grossest thing you’ll see today. Now that you’ve seen it, you’re likely asking yourself this question: “WHAT!?!?“ That mesmerizing ...

Worm Harpaphe haydeniana, commonly known as the yellow-spotted millipede, almond-scented millipede or cyanide millipede,© Lan Production/Shutterstock.com Millipedes come in one basic shape but many ...

Millipedes aren’t perhaps the world’s most sought-after animals, but in all those legs, there is chemical gold. The humble arthropods have just opened new secrets-one which might actually be a cure ...

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 ...

Before scientists even knew how many Florida scrub millipedes were left in the wild, a quiet breakthrough happened in a University of South Florida lab. The rare, giant millipedes reproduced in ...

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