Before scientists even knew how many Florida scrub millipedes were left in the wild, a quiet breakthrough happened in a ...

Millipedes come in one basic shape but many sizes. When they aren’t curled into a tight ball, millipedes are easily recognizable thanks to their long, cylindrical bodies and dozens, sometimes hundreds ...

As temperatures rise during the summer, most North Carolina residents tend to stay inside air-conditioned spaces. Unfortunately, so do critters. Among those creepy crawlers are centipedes, millipedes ...

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