Millipedes are not worms nor do their small bodies yield such an excessive number of legs. This unique invertebrate — and its leg-deficient relative, the centipede — is more closely related to ...

Known locally as “sâu đá” (stone worms) or “sâu nước” (water centipedes), these creatures thrive under rocks in fast-flowing mountain streams in provinces such as Yen Bai, Lao Cai, and Lai Chau. The ...