Around 400 million years ago, Earth’s oceans were dominated by massive sea scorpions. Scorpions, as we know them today, are ...

Imagine a world where giant insects and bizarre creatures ruled the land—a world steamy, lush, and alien, teeming with life ...

It is very reminiscent of how some predators capture their prey and then violently shake them to incapacitate them. The researchers believe that the western banded geckos fight the scorpions this ...

Scorpions have poor eyesight and use a neat ... and determine whether it is bright enough out for predators to see them. They attack with stingers that inject a dose of paralyzing venom similar ...

When a predator approaches, it changes its colour and its shape to blend in with its surroundings. The scorpion spider crab is covered in sharp spikes. These spikes enable the crabs to create ...

Léo Laborieux, the sole author of the study, suspects venom projection likely developed in the scorpion as an adaptation to deter predators. The study found that the scorpion uses two different ...