Scientists knew that it had a millipede-like body, with two pairs of legs per segment, but Arthropleura ’s exact place in the ...

Fossils of Arthropleura, the largest terrestrial arthropod in Earth's history, have been discovered in France with intact heads. These findings reveal new anatomical details, classifying it as a ...

SCIENTISTS have uncovered a terrifying mega millipede that was the size of a car when it roamed Earth 340 million years ago.

During the Carboniferous Period, Earth's atmospheric oxygen levels surged, helping some plants and animals grow to gigantic ...

For the 170 years that scientists have been aware of Arthropleura, a genus of the biggest arthropods ever known to have ...

The face of Arthropleura, a car-sized, millipede-like creature and the largest arthropod to ever exist, has finally been unveiled.

It is a candidate for the largest bug to have ever lived – a nine-foot long millipede which scuttled across the land that would one day ...

While the new fossils are not from fully grown Arthropleura, some of which reached 2.6 metres long, they reveal important ...

But with the discovery of an intact head, "the mystery of Anthropleura now appears solved." Related: 7-foot-long arthropods ...

Two newly discovered fossils are helping scientists wrap their heads around the anatomy of the largest arthropod of all time — a millipede that grew longer than a king-sized bed and lived between 346 ...

Scientists now know what the head of the biggest bug to ever crawl the Earth looks like. Most fossils of the extinct ...

Cases peaked during the summer months, and most occurred in Northeastern states, results showed. Of those diagnosed with ...