Long before dinosaurs, Earth’s forests were ruled by a many-legged giant. Here’s why this millipede’s size still challenges ...

Centipedes are not insects either. But centipedes are more closely related to insects than worms are. And that is because ...

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

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service said that snow fleas, or springtails, aren't here to wreck havoc. See what they do.

Long before the rise of the mighty dinosaurs on our Earth, the planet was indeed dominated by the mighty ‘giants,’ but the ...

One of the planet’s most successful arthropods, trilobites, abounded in the oceans from about 520 million to 250 million years ago. Trilobite exoskeletons are found on all seven continents and are a ...

A chance observation of an unusual spider led scientists to identify a new parasitic mite species in Brazil. While sorting through spiders and scorpions in the Zoological Collections Laboratory at the ...

Wondering if you can eat coconut crabs? You can — just like this famous Youtuber who traveled to the South Pacific to enjoy ...

Armed with kaleidoscopic eyesight, the ability to send secret messages and a punch so fast it can boil water, mantis shrimps are a force to be reckoned with. What is a mantis shri ...

The Sidekick robotic mobility assistant is sort of like an e-bike, but for walking, lifting your heels with every step and acting like an extra calf muscle. I was the first journalist to try it at CES ...