Chinese scientists have found a 125-million-year-old venomous scorpion fossil in northeast China. The discovery, made by researchers from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, provides ...

Unlike other scorpion species, their venom is very mild and won’t kill you. But getting grabbed by their pincers can be very painful — even more than getting stung. In most situations ...

Their name means 'fake scorpion' because even though they have pincers, they don't have a stinger ... Mirko Graul/ Shutterstock With their little hairy bodies and big antennae, these cute minibeasts ...

The northern scorpion reaches 5 cm long and lives under logs, bark or rocks. They come out to hunt at night seeking insects and other small prey that they can grasp with their pincers. Scorpions ...

Every type of scorpion has two pincers, eight legs, and a long, slender tail that arches over the back. At the end of the tail are venom glands and a stinger. Depending on the species, they can ...