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

For nearly two centuries, scientists have tried to solve an enduring mystery about a giant millipede-like animal named Arthropleura that used its many legs to roam Earth more than 300 million ...

One notable example was Arthropleura, the biggest bug ever known at up to 10-1/2 feet (3.2 meters) long, inhabiting what is now North America and Europe. This illustration provided by researchers ...

Called Arthropleura, these were arthropods -- the group that includes crabs, spiders and insects – with features of modern-day centipedes and millipedes. But some of them were much, much bigger ...

The CT scans virtually uncovered the fossilized head of two juvenile Arthropleura discovered within rock in the Montceau-les-Mines Lagerstätte fossil site in France. The CT scans revealed unique ...

Called Arthropleura, these were arthropods — the group that includes crabs, spiders and insects — with features of modern-day centipedes and millipedes. But some of them were much, much bigger ...

Called Arthropleura, these were arthropods -- the group that includes crabs, spiders and insects – with features of modern-day centipedes and millipedes. But some of them were much, much bigger ...

Following centuries of mystery, the face of Arthropleura has been unveiled - thanks to two well-preserved fossils. The arthropod hid in forests near the equator between 346 and million and 290 ...

For nearly two centuries, scientists have tried to solve an enduring mystery about a giant millipede-like animal named Arthropleura that used its many legs to roam Earth more than 300 million years ...