Millipede

US scientists have named a newly discovered twisted-claw millipede after Taylor Swift in recognition of the pop superstar's "talent as a songwriter and performer".The Virginia Tech researchers published a study in the journal…

Deep underground in an exploratory drill hole in a mining region of Australia, scientists have discovered a "marvel of evolution," a remarkably elongated blind millipede possessing the most legs — 1,306, to be precise — of any known animal.…

<!-- -->A female individual of the newly identified millipede species Eumillipes persephone.Deep underground in an exploratory drill hole in a mining region of Australia, scientists have discovered a "marvel of evolution," a…

Worm-like creepy critters with hundreds of legs are commonly known as millipedes, a name that roughly translates to 'thousand feet' - but until now none has ever been found with more than 750.…