SCIENTISTS have uncovered a terrifying mega millipede that was the size of a car when it roamed Earth 340 million years ago.

Ideally, those bugs would be smaller and less intimidating than the world's largest insect — a supersized creature you'll have to see to believe. Among these tiny titans, some enormous insects ...

Beauty is in the eye of the bee-holder, especially when it comes to looking at one of the largest bugs ever to live. The ...

Scientists have unveiled the head of Arthropleura, the largest bug to ever exist, which roamed the Earth 300 million years ...

The giant bug’s topper was a round bulb with two short bell-shaped antennae, two protruding eyes like a crab, and a rather small mouth adapted for grinding leaves and bark, according to new research ...

During the Carboniferous Period, Earth's atmospheric oxygen levels surged, helping some plants and animals grow to gigantic ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As if the largest bug to ever live – a monster ... these were arthropods -- the group that includes crabs, spiders and insects – with features of modern-day centipedes ...

One of the goliaths of the insect world, the atlas moth is a gentle giant – but behind every oversized moth is a very hungry caterpillar. The atlas moth is among the biggest insects on the planet, ...

Arthopleura was an arthropod - a group that includes modern-day insects, crabs and spiders. Study co-author Mickael Lheritier explained: "We discovered that it had the body of a millipede ...

This illustration provided by researchers in October 2024 depicts a juvenile Arthropleura insect reconstructed using fossils discovered in Montceau-les-Mines, France. (Mickaël Lhéritier, Jean Vannier, ...