Millipeds

By William A. Shear

These "thousand-legged" arthropods are little known but appear to hold many secrets for scientists

Biology Zoology

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May-June 1999

Volume 87, Number 3
Page 232

DOI: 10.1511/1999.24.232

The millipeds are undoubtedly among the most fascinating animals on the planet. What could induce a mild-mannered myriapodologist to make such a claim? Consider merely one aspect of these creatures that I've discovered in my own work.

Photographs courtesy of David Parks, Michelle Hamer and Dai Herbert.

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