More than 7,000 species of millipede crawl across forest floors and garden beds, pairs of legs pumping as they move through ...

Millipede sex is a shrouded affair that happens behind rows of legs. A female millipede’s sexual organs—a pair of vulvae—are located in the third body segment from the head. When she is ready to mate, ...

Millipedes are not worms nor do their small bodies yield such an excessive number of legs. This unique invertebrate — and its leg-deficient relative, the centipede — is more closely related to ...

Vietnam is known for karst landscapes characterized by rich biodiverse caves that researchers say likely host more new species. Nguyen, Stoev, and Vu (2025) Zoosystematics and Evolution Vietnam is ...

millipedes belong to the diplopoda class which is Latin for “double foot.” The name refers to the two pairs of legs that these critters have on each of their body segments in addition to its ...

Vietnam is known for its karst landscapes, characterized by caves, caverns and sinkholes that harbor diverse ecosystems underground in near-total darkness. It was in this environment, deep in the ...