Myriapods

Centipede: The Leg-Pair Rule No Species Has Ever Broken

No centipede species has ever had an even number of leg pairs, one giant relative hunts bats larger than itself, and the fossil record goes back 420 million years.

Millipede: No Species Had 1,000 Legs Until 2021

A 2021 discovery finally gave the animal named for a thousand feet that many legs, and its cyanide-laced toxin sends Madagascar's lemurs into a trance.