With their eight legs and defensive, hooked stinger, scorpions are the type of animal that leaves an impression. It can be ...

Scorpions live on every continent in the world except for Antarctica. Most can be found in arid deserts, but others thrive in ...

Scientists have discovered a one-of-its-kind venom-spraying scorpion species in the rainforests of Colombia, capable of launching toxins several times its own body length. The new species Tityus ...

Scorpions live between three and five years, depending on their species and environment. Every type of scorpion has two pincers, eight legs, and a long, slender tail that arches over the back.

In a valley in the Andes, a fluorescent creature was discovered as a new species. Ojanguren-Affilastro AA, Alfaro FM, Iuri HA ...

Scientists studied the unfamiliar-looking scorpions and soon realized they’d discovered a new species: Scorpiops deshpandei, or Deshpande’s resemblant scorpion. Deshpande’s resemblant ...

A Colombian scorpion that is new to science can spray venom from its stinger to hit something up to 35 centimetres away rather than always having to inject it. The tactic is thought to be a way of ...

In the mountains of southern Iran, a new and potentially deadly species was discovered. Saman, et al (2025) Diversity In the mountains of southern Iran, a new species has been discovered — and ...

“Scorpion stings often cause intense pain and redness, but venom from some species can cause severe illness, affecting the heart, nervous system, and other organs. Manifestations include ...

NOW, THAT EXPERT ALSO SAYS THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN 2000 SCORPION SPECIES GLOBALLY, AND ONLY ABOUT 60 OF THOSE SPECIES ARE DEADLY. HE ALSO SAYS THAT THOSE SCORPIONS, THE SCORPION THAT WAS HERE AT ...

Until now, only two of the 2,500 known scorpion species have been documented to spray venom – one genus in North America and one in Africa. Initially Laborieux, a master’s student at Ludwig ...

They’re found throughout the world as threats, pests, and even pets. Some scorpion species are much safer than others. The list of reasonably safe species includes the emperor scorpion.