House centipedes are usually about an inch or two long. Their bodies are divided into 15 segments, each with a pair of long legs. Other species of centipedes have more legs, but they always have ...

Chilopoda includes some 3,500 living species. Centipedes' geological record extends back to the Silurian, deep into the history of soil and litter animal assemblages. There is a wide variation in ...

the centipede — is more closely related to lobsters, crayfish and shrimp, despite spending its days foraging in the leaf litter instead of on ocean floors. Now, a new species of millipede has ...

However, some scientists think the opposite - that the male's sting has a stimulatory role instead. There are species of centipede that engage in somewhat similar tactics. All known species of ...