An early-season heat wave in the U.S. Southwest is prompting increased activity from scorpions and rattlesnakes, experts say.

I recently received a question about the use of technology in ecological research, which led to a discussion about blacklights. I wrote a column five years ago about a nighttime adventure in a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The desert long-eared bat (Otonycteris hemprichii) is found in North Africa and the Middle East. Deserts are not easy places to ...

Many people deem scorpions as one of the most interesting members of the class Arachnida owing to their formidable looks, pincer-like pedipalps, and segmented tails that hold their telsons or stingers ...

Scientists can now map deadly scorpion hotspots, helping protect millions from stings in vulnerable tropical regions.

When Brian Hinds went out exploring in a small, isolated plot of land in Fresno County in 2020 and spotted a yellow scorpion lurking among piles of loose debris, he was confused. The hobbyist ...