One species of millipede in California, Illacme plenipes, is only 0.4-1.2 inches (1-3 cm) long but grows as many as 750 legs — that's more legs than any other creature in the world. Centipedes ...

As California enters the winter rainy season, at least one transplant won’t be disappointed to see a change in the weather. West Coast rain is just fine for the house centipede, a guest from the ...

Technically, it is misleading to say that a centipede bites its victims. It actually pinches since it is the first pair of legs, not mouthparts that have evolved into venom injecting structures.

A giant centipede’s many wriggling legs might be creepy. But the pair of legs not used for walking may be the most frightening. Over 430 million years ago, the two legs nearest the mouth evolved ...

Instead, centipedes see by registering the changes in the temperature around them. Of course, that doesn’t mean that every species of centipede see with heat exclusively.