NUI Maynooth researchers have discovered that a large group of creepy-crawlies are more closely related to crabs than they are to other bugs HERE’S A slightly disturbing thought: the vast majority of ...

SANFORD — Ariel Clarke seemed a little apprehensive about touching the 5-foot-long boa constrictor that Central Florida Zoo education curator Sandi Lynn was holding. The 8-year-old Deltona girl winced ...

Have you ever wondered if you have the right grass for your particular yard? If you have, you are not the only one. Many people do not realize over time a yard may change because of trees growing ...

Q I planted five fruit trees last year. How big or old should a fruit tree be before I start pruning it? A Fruit trees need to be pruned every year, most importantly while they are young. Now is when ...

CENTIPEDES DO NOT generally get on well together. Even members of the same species may attack one another when they meet. So it is a surprise to find mother centipedes sharing nests and a double ...

Fossils and advanced genetic methods to study relationships between species now tell an intriguing story about a group of tropical centipedes. Continental drift (the moving apart of continents) almost ...

A small, boneless creature, that lives underground, with a “hundred” legs, and a rather powerful sting; some of these creatures are drab, but some are so beautiful and brightly colored that they can ...