A fossil that has puzzled scientists for over 150 years is possibly the largest scorpion known to exist.

Scorpions live in a diverse range of habitats and come in awide range of sizes. Many of the most venomous scorpions are relatively small, while the largest scorpions rely more onsize and strength to ...

An artist's impression of Praearcturus gigas. (Franz Anthony) If you were wandering around Earth's floodplains 415 million ...

A research team camping in one of Thailand’s most protected forests discovered a never-before-documented scorpion species hiding beneath a rock—a tiny predator barely an inch long with an unexpectedly ...

Less than 10 per cent of Australian scorpions are known to science; two new species have just been added to the list. Scorpions are among the most ancient of land animals. Fossils indicate they were ...

Imagine coming across a scorpion the size of a dog. It sounds shocking, but scientists say such a creature once existed.

The scorpions on this list have been ranked based on the frequency of their stings, aggressiveness, and sting discomfort. From annoying to severely painful and potentially fatal, here are 11 types of ...

Despite their reputation as living fossils, scorpions have remained evolutionarily nimble—especially in developing venom to fend off the rise of mammal predators. A new genetic analysis of scorpions' ...

Scorpiops (Euscorpiops) krachan sp. nov., alive with pre-juveniles (instar I). Zookeys/Wasin Nawanetiwong, Ondřej Košulič, Natapot Warrit, Wilson R. Lourenço, Eric Ythier Zookeys/Wasin Nawanetiwong, ...

One of the more fascinating and fearsome creatures in the world, the scorpion, is even cooler than you might have thought. Research out today confirms these arachnids’ weapons are quite literally ...

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Scorpions live on every continent except Antarctica. They’re arachnids, part of the same charming family as tarantulas and ...