This 8-foot giant millipede was longer than a human and ruled ancient forests

Long before the rise of the mighty dinosaurs on our Earth, the planet was indeed dominated by the mighty ‘giants,’ but the ...
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UNM launches website focusing on Arthropod conservation

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The University of New Mexico has a new tool in their toolbox to help with Arthropod conservation. NMrare.org is a new website designed to educate users about rare, endemic and ...

Meet The Biggest Millipede To Ever Exist. Hint: It Was Longer Than A Person

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

Scientist discovers ‘legless, headless wonder’ older than the dinosaurs in South Africa — and names it ‘Sue’ after her mother

Paleontologists in England discovered the existence of a new marine species that roamed the Earth before the dinosaurs and nicknamed the headless arthropod “Sue” after one of their mothers, according ...
insider.si.edu

The Biodiversity Question: How many species of terrestrial arthropods are there?

Erwin, Terry L. 2004. "The Biodiversity Question: How many species of terrestrial arthropods are there?" In Forest Canopies, 2nd Edition. Lowman, M. D. and Rrinker, H ...
The Scientist

Arthropods Abundant in American Homes

“The truth is that we’re all living with this vast diversity of arthropods and the majority of them are not overtly harmful,” study coauthor Michelle Trautwein of the California Academy of Sciences ...