This year's early heat waves have caused scorpions and rattlesnakes to emerge sooner than the animals' typical seasons.

Experts are reporting a spike in activity as the western U.S. faces a record-breaking heat wave.

As an adaptation of an old Alsop Fable goes, a frog was about to jump into the water when a scorpion slithered by. The ...

Scientists can now map deadly scorpion hotspots, helping protect millions from stings in vulnerable tropical regions.

The Pakistani yellow scorpion uses its venom to incapacitate prey. But new research shows that it might also be used to cure a range of maladies, even cancer. Part of scorpions’ evolutionary success ...

A fight between a scorpion and a tarantula sounds uncommon, and in fact, it is. Though both are deadly major predators and ...

Scientists found a previously unknown scorpion species under a rock in a Thai rainforest.

Texas is home to some of the creepiest, crawliest, and otherwise oddest animals on the planet. We introduce you to them in What in Tarnation?!, an occasional series. Every true Texan has a scorpion ...

Brown Scorpion with Curved Tail Isolated on White Background.© punjabvillage/Shutterstock.com Scientists recently made an intriguing discovery in the Halgurd-Sakran ...