Discover how venom is extracted and used for medical purposes and why a gallon of one scorpion’s venom is being sold for $39 million! The Most Dangerous Scorpion: Deathstalker Scorpions ...

An Arizona woman gets anti-venom for a scorpion sting, leaves with $80,000 bill. Sept. 6, 2012— -- An Arizona woman was shocked when her brush with a scorpion led to a stinging $83,046 ...

Dr. Jim Olson discovered a protein found in scorpion venom, hooked with, for lack of a better term, a "flashlight" molecule that could make tumors glow. (Project Violet Facebook page) ...

Researchers based at Seattle Children’s Hospital spent the last several years studying the potential use of mini-proteins found in scorpion venom toxin — not to poison, but to help heal.

The scorpion is able to deliver venom via it's stinger, as well as a pre-venom secretion (seen in white on the scorpion's body). | Credit: Léo Laborieux/Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society ...

Now, a new member has joined their ranks – a scorpion from Colombia that represents the first venom-spraying species of scorpion reported both in South America and in the genus it belongs to.

A 1-year-old girl has died after being stung by a deadly scorpion while playing in her yard. The girl, named Ruth Noemi Páez Giménez, lived in the Canindeyú Department of Paraguay, and was ...

"We were able to identify a molecule in the species of this Amazonian scorpion that is similar to that found in the venoms of other scorpions and that acts against breast cancer cells," explains ...

“By volume, scorpion venom is one of the most precious materials in the world. It would cost $39 million to produce a gallon of it,” Prof. Zare notes.

Meet the scorpion hamster, a fierce and predatory rodent that defies expectations in the wilds of North America. Despite its ...

First, scorpion venom is expensive in general because it’s not easy to get. People commonly extract venom by hand, and scorpions can only produce two milligrams of venom at a time.