Millipede legs grow in an unexpected way, according to new research. Previously, it was thought that when a millipede molts (sheds its exoskeleton), it grows new segments on the end of its body ...

The creature is so small and so thin, that if you didn't give it much notice, you may dismiss it as a bit of thread. But examined under a microscope, the wriggling specimen with its 486 legs and ...

Millipedes, sometimes called “1,000-legged worms,” are a prime example in the animal kingdom of false advertising. Millipedes are not worms nor do their small bodies yield such an excessive number of ...

In this undated photo provided by Paul Marek is a Los Angeles Thread Millipede awaiting study at the Marek Lab of Virginia Tech's Department of Entomology in Blacksburg, Va. The tiny arthropod is a ...

Naturalists Cedric Lee and James Bailey were out hunting for slugs just outside Los Angeles in 2018, when they came across an unfamiliar animal: a tiny, translucent millipede. Though only about the ...

Scientists are reporting the rediscovery of a millipede that had not been seen in some time. It has 750 legs. Despite the name, no known millipede actually has 1,000 legs. But this species comes ...

The word "millipede" literally means "thousand feet." But until now, the moniker for the creepy invertebrates has been a bit of an exaggeration, with none of them sporting anything close to that many ...

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The City of Angels, a metropolis of freeways and traffic, has a newly discovered species named in its honor: The Los Angeles Thread Millipede. WCSO: Deputy in critical condition ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The City of Angels, a metropolis of freeways and traffic, has a newly discovered species named in its honor: The Los Angeles Thread Millipede. The tiny arthropod was found just ...

Scientists discover a new species of spiny dragon millipede, Desmoxytes group, found exclusively in damp caves and with ...