I turned over a log in the woods last week and was pleased to see nearly two dozen pairs of bright red legs disappear beneath the leaves: a centipede. I immediately thought of three questions I have ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2021. Q: Panda, our black and white tuxedo cat who also responds to the more ...

As temperatures rise during the summer, most North Carolina residents tend to stay inside air-conditioned spaces. Unfortunately, so do critters. Among those creepy crawlers are centipedes, millipedes ...

Your home is your sanctuary, a place for you to relax after the hustle and bustle of the day. However, the peaceful atmosphere you've built for yourself can quickly shatter once you've noticed a tiny ...

Giant centipedes are venomous predators equipped with modified front legs known as forcipules that inject toxin directly into their prey. The same weapon can be used defensively when the animal feels ...