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Scientist on honeymoon in Thailand stumbles on ‘horrific-looking’ creature that is the first one known to swim Scientists have discovered the world’s first known amphibious centipede, which grows up to 20cm (nearly 8in) long and has an excruciating...

Imagine being on your honeymoon in Thailand and finding a new species of centipede. If you are entomologist George Beccaloni from the Natural History Museum of London, it was an extraordinary event. Beccaloni told National Geographic, Wherever I go...

(London Guardian) Scientists have discovered the world’s first known amphibious centipede, which grows up to 20cm (nearly 8in) long and has an excruciating bite. Scolopendra cataracta, from the Latin for “waterfall”, has been found in Laos, Thailand...

Scientists have discovered the first giant centipede species that can swim and walk underwater. Read more on sciencespacerobots.com

The world's first amphibious centipede has just been confirmed. It swims, and unlike other centipedes who hunt on land, this one hunts in water. It has super long legs to help it swim and, like all centipedes, is carnivorous. It also has a powerful bite...