The surprise discovery of a giant millipede fossil as big as a car in England has provided new clues about why these prehistoric animals evolved to become so massive, according to the Journal of ...

Can you imagine seeing a giant millipede the same size as a car? Well, a massive creature just like this existed 340 million years ago. As a result of two fossils being discovered, we now know ...

Paleobiologist Scott Lakeram analyzes 300-million-year-old coal ball fossils to reveal prehistoric plant-insect interactions ...

Fossilised section of the giant millipede Arthropleura, found in a sandstone boulder in the north of England. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

A fossil fragment found in south-west Sardinia years ago has allowed paleontologists to reconstruct in life-size the Arthropleura, a gigantic millipede whose faithful reproduction will be ...

Last summer, evolutionary biologist Xavier Zahnle invited fellow millipede researchers to a visual treat. A PhD student at the University of California, Davis, Zahnle had just produced digital images ...

Reconstruction of the giant millipede Arthropleura, which lived in the Carboniferous period, 326 million years ago. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...