Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...

This photograph is real, but the centipede isn't as large as it seems. A photograph supposedly showing an American soldier holding a giant jungle centipede in Vietnam is frequently circulated on ...

Centipede bites are rare in humans. When they do happen, they can cause mild-to-moderate pain. Some people may experience severe symptoms or allergic reactions from the centipede venom, but these ...

The Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans) contains special chemicals named alkaloids that reduce inflammation and fibrosis in kidney cell culture, according to a new paper in ...

If you’re someone who can’t stand the sight of worms or cockroaches, or if you have arachnophobia, chances are you won’t appreciate having house centipedes around you, either. House centipedes are ...

If spiders make you squeamish, centipedes take the ick factor to another level. Despite their name, centipedes don’t have 100 legs—but they might have upwards of 300 or as few as a couple of dozen.

A Serbian herpetologist was out snake-tagging in Macedonia when she came across a bizarre find: A young viper, with a centipede’s head poking out of its abdomen. It took Ljiljana Tomovic 10 seconds to ...