Picture this: while walking in the woods, a fungal spore lands on your skin, perhaps in a crease at the crook of your elbow.

We break down the common causes of millipede infestation and how to rid your home of the critters. Millipedes are harmless to humans but can become a nuisance when they invade homes to escape extreme ...

A fungus found in Vermont and Massachusetts infects cherry millipedes, altering their behavior before releasing spores from ...

Millipedes may look a little scary with their countless legs and slow, winding movements, but these arthropods are quite beneficial to their environments. Humble decomposers of dead plants and organic ...

Greek mythology tells us that not long after a young and incautious Persephone was first taken into the underworld by Hades, she made a gaffe of epic proportions by sampling the cuisine. Down in the ...

Q. We have found these “worms” on our patio slab, and a few have made their way into the house. What are they? A. Millipedes, centipedes, sow bugs and pill bugs are minor nuisance pests that tend to ...

Millipede legs grow in an unexpected way, according to new research. Previously, it was thought that when a millipede molts (sheds its exoskeleton), it grows new segments on the end of its body ...

I have been getting questions about these little worms crawling around outside and inside of people’s homes. Millipedes and centipedes are minor nuisance pests that tend to move into houses during ...

Millipedes, those many-legged denizens of the soil surface throughout the world, don't always get the recognition they deserve. But a new study by Jerome Hui of Chinese University of Hong Kong and ...