You have seen them in your basement, your garage, and your garden. They are quick, slippery, and possess more legs than you have time to count. But are centipedes a danger to your family and pets? The ...

Centipedes have been known to bite, though it is extremely rare; a bite is supposedly reminiscent of a wasp sting. It can be startling to encounter a many-legged creature scurrying around your house, ...

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 ...

My colleagues and I were walking along Cary Street in Shockoe Bottom when our attention was drawn to a slender, striped body no more than 1½ inches long. Surrounded by a blur of legs, the house ...