Centipede venom has a long history as a painkiller—toxins from the Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans) have been used in Chinese medicine for hundreds of years. But the ...

Steve gets to grips with a very creepy customer in a cave in Venezuela – the world’s largest centipede, the highly venomous giant scolopendra. BBC Homepage Skip to content ...

The Chinese red-headed centipede belongs in the latter group, with a venomous bite that can kill creatures 15 times the creature’s size, and scientists are just now beginning to understand how ...