The giant bird-eating centipede, endemic to Phillip Island, has a diet consisting of an unusually large proportion of vertebrate animals including seabird chicks.

Giant bird-eating centipedes may sound like something out of a science-fiction film — but they're not. On tiny Phillip Island, part of the South Pacific's Norfolk Island group, the Phillip ...

Giant bird-eating centipedes may sound like something out of a science-fiction film — but they’re not. On tiny Phillip Island, part of the South Pacific’s Norfolk Island group, the Phillip Island ...

Scientists have reported the first known instance of giant flesh-eating centipedes hunting down and preying upon seabirds in Australia’s Philip Island. According to the study, published in the journal ...

This heavy-armoured, 23.5cm long centipede rules Phillip Island, preying on its seabird chicks. But it’s the hero of this recovery story.

Giant bird-eating centipedes may sound like something out of a science-fiction film—but they're not. On tiny Phillip Island, part of the South Pacific's Norfolk Island group, the Phillip Island ...

It is the little animals like snails, skinks, geckos and giant centipedes that make Pacific Island ecosystems tick. The giant carnivorous centipede – more than 30 centimetres long – feasts on ...

Giant bird-eating centipedes may sound like something out of a science-fiction film—but they're not. On tiny Phillip Island, part of the South Pacific's Norfolk Island group, the Phillip Island ...