Researchers recently discovered a second Hemiscorpius species in the Erbil Governorate of northern Iraq. It is the second ...

Scientists can now map deadly scorpion hotspots—offering a new weapon against one of the tropics’ most overlooked health ...

They have a venomous stinger on one end, pincers on the other and a segmented body with eight legs and a bunch of eyes in the middle. They're spiders' even more frightening arachnid cousins. And as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Beaver State is full of creatures that can elude even the most seasoned Oregonian. Some tend to stay hidden within the state's ...

At least 1.2 million scorpion stings are recorded each year – and around 3,000 people, mainly children, die from them.

Scientists have developed a powerful new way to forecast where some of the world’s most dangerous scorpions are likely to be ...

Scorpions‘ ancestors first appeared around 450 million years ago. That’s as old as sharks, older than dinosaurs, and even older than trees. Scorpions evolved from these early arthropods, known as ...

Of the over 2,000 different scorpions around the world, only around 100 are potentially lethal. Unfortunately, there is a lot ...

A scorpion skittering across your floor is more than just creepy. While Florida is famous for the sun and sand, it’s what lives amongst us that brings discomfort to many. Florida has several species ...