Giant bird-eating centipedes may sound like something out of a science-fiction film — but they're not. On tiny Phillip Island, part of the South Pacific's Norfolk Island group, the Phillip Island ...

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 ...

The Scolopendra gigantea is a species of centipede that packs a painful, venomous bite. The species—also known as the giant yellow-leg centipede or Amazonian giant centipede—is the largest known ...