So, when a scorpion performs autotomy, it leaves the final bits of its digestive tract writhing on the ground. And since the tail never grows back, that scorpion can never defecate again.

In a scorpion tail, there is only the ball, meaning the round edge of the joint. The lack of a socket allows the tail segments to bend up and down, twist left and right, ...

A 437-million-year old scorpion was the earliest known creature to venture from sea onto land, a new study has found, shedding new light on one of the earliest chapters in the planet’s ...

In a scorpion tail, there is only the ball, meaning the round edge of the joint. Video A 3-D animation demonstrates the bend and twist motions of the barrels of a scorpion’s tail (which is ...

NEW YORK: The segments of a scorpion’s tail can move in many ways: bending up and down, twisting left and right, and bending and twisting simultaneously. A new three-dimensional reconstruction ...