just two milligrams of venom at a time. So, let's do the math. If you owned one scorpion you would have to milk it 2.64 million times to fill a gallon. And let's face it, you'd probably get stung ...

Scientists in Colombia have discovered a new species of scorpion, Tityus achilles, which can spray venom to defend itself ...

Newly described scorpion can spray and inject its venom — the first South American ... Scorpions are known for their stings — the arachnids, of which there are more than 2,500 known species ...

When a bark scorpion stings a regular mouse, the venom molecules attach themselves to a protein called Nav1.7 on a pain-sensing nerve cell. These proteins are ion channels, acting as gateways to ...

Scientists have discovered the first South American scorpion known to spray venom, using a costly but effective defence ...

just two milligrams of venom at a time. So, let's do the math. If you owned one scorpion you would have to milk it 2.64 million times to fill a gallon. And let's face it, you'd probably get stung ...

This story appears in the February 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. Michael decided to go for a swim. He was on vacation with his family in Guerrero, Mexico, and it was hotter than blazes.

Pound-for-pound, grasshopper mice are among the fiercest predators in the desert borderlands, and they’re unfazed by venomous ...

Discover the striped bark scorpion in Arkansas, a non-lethal yet painful species with venom causing various symptoms. Learn ...

Few creatures are as fearsome as venomous snakes and scorpions. While snake venom can cause paralysis and tissue damage, ...

Scorpions are known for their stings — the arachnids ... smeared or passively transmitted. The scorpion is able to deliver venom via it's stinger, as well as a pre-venom secretion (seen in ...