Scorpions are armed with dual front pincers (technically known as chelae or pedipalp appendages) and a venom-injecting telson ...

(Fabrizio Moglia/Moment Open/Getty Images) Armed with stingers and pincers, scorpions sport some of the most formidable ...

Many scorpion species carry zinc and other heavy metals in their pincers and stingers, according to new research.

Scientists knew the stingers and pincers of these arachnids generally contained metals, but a new Smithsonian-led study maps ...

Scorpions wield some of the natural world's most formidable built-in weapons, from crushing pincers to venomous stingers.

Humans started reinforcing the tips of their spears with metal several thousands years ago, but scorpions beat them to it by ...

Scientists used x-ray analysis techniques to examine the composition of scorpions' bodies ...

Scientists studied 18 species and found iron and zinc concentrated at the puncturing tips and grasping edges to improve prey ...

Scorpions are far from the only creatures to incorporate trace metals into their anatomy. By laying a clear foundation for ...

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Scorpions are incredible hunters, and while we knew that metals strengthen the weapons in some species’ arsenals, we don’t ...