A new species of carnivorous centipede was discovered in the caves of Velebit Mountain in central Croatia. It’s the deepest underground-dwelling centipede known, and researchers have named it ...

A photo of the newly discovered centipede species Cryptops speleorex, the largest inhabitant of Romania's Movile cave known to date. (Mihai Baciu, GESS LAB, Mangalia) The king of the Movile cave in ...

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Movile Cave in Romania was isolated from the outside world for 5.5 million years Researchers recently found the largest known creature to ever live in the cave The new species' name translates to ...

Scientists have found the deepest cave-dwelling centipede and named it after the Greek god of the underworld. The Hades centipede, or Geophilus hadesi, lives in three caves in Croatia's Velebit ...

Chinese scientists recorded the first cave-dwelling centipede known so far from southern China. To the amazement of the team, the specimens collected during a survey in the Gaofeng village, Guizhou ...

Would you explore the murky depths of an underwater cave in search of venomous creatures? Museum researchers take on the risk and enjoy the challenge. Cave diving can be the ultimate thrill, but it is ...

Deemed to never see the light of the day, a new species of endemic, troglobiont centipede was discovered by an international team of scientists in the Romanian cave Movile: a unique underground ...

Scientists have found the deepest cave-dwelling centipede and named it after the Greek god of the underworld. The Hades centipede, or Geophilus hadesi, lives in three caves in Croatia's Velebit ...

Scientists report the first cave-dwelling centipede so far known from southern China. Collected last year during a survey in Gaofeng village, Guizhou Province, the species turned out to not only had ...

The deepest record comes from the Lukina jama -- Trojama cave system, which is 1431 meters deep and is currently ranked the 15th deepest cave in the world. Just like Hades who ruled over the kingdom ...