There has been considerable debate about scorpion luminescence, but the most persuasive explanation is also the most astounding. Although scorpions are well-endowed with eyes –– one pair on top of ...

“Rants from the Hill” are Michael Branch’s monthly musings on life in the high country of western Nevada’s Great Basin Desert. Our seven-year-old daughter, Caroline, is a tireless athlete, while her ...

LOST DUTCHMAN STATE PARK, Arizona (AP) — As the setting sun left a yellow tinge on dirt-colored cactuses as far as the eye could see, park ranger Anna Roberts gave us a lesson on what we were about to ...

Forget bears or coyotes or panthers or pythons, the scariest creatures in Florida’s woods, to me, are scorpions. Even among the nightmarish family of arachnids, scorpions stand out for their ...

Scorpions have one long, tubelike heart and up to 12 eyes. Scorpions can run up to 12 mph and they have blue blood. Scorpions can survive underwater for up to 48 hours. Let’s face it, scorpions freak ...

Q: I have lived in this house since it was built in 1978 and had never seen a scorpion. About three years ago, there was a major road construction project a half mile away and that’s when the ...

LOST DUTCHMAN STATE PARK, Ariz. — As the setting sun left a yellow tinge on dirt-colored cactuses as far as the eye could see, park ranger Anna Roberts gave us a lesson on what we were about to hunt. ...

In this Aug. 18, 2019 photo, a scorpion appears in a tank after being captured in Lost Dutchman State Park, Ariz. Feared, admired and loathed, scorpions have roamed the earth for 450 million years. An ...