Millipedes release chemicals that disorient ants — and those same compounds may also modulate brain receptors in humans. This ...

Unsurprisingly 300,000,000 years ago, the world was extremely different at ground level. Sprawling forests primarily made of ...

There are a few ways to rid your home of millipedes. The first is to simply vacuum them up with a shop vac or other vacuum. This is easier to do than it sounds, because millipedes typically curl up ...

Millipede: They have 30 to 90 ... Millipedes only come inside if there’s a severe drought and they’re in search of water, or if there’s severe flooding and they’re at risk of drowning.

Millipedes require some moisture to thrive but waterlogged soil can drown them. ... “It would be like us getting stuck in the desert without any water or food,” Bertone said.

Discovered in 1926 in a small area in Northern California, it was believed to be the leggiest creature on earth until 2021 when a millipede with 1,306 legs was found in Australia.

A group of geologists stumbled on the fossil of the giant creature, known as Arthropleura, during a "social trip" to England's Northumberland region in 2018. It's the largest such fossil ever found.

It joins other millipedes found in the state, including the world’s leggiest creature on record — aptly named Illacme plenipes, Latin for “in highest fulfillment of feet” with 750 limbs.