Brazilian scientists say a molecule in scorpion venom may fight breast cancer in lab tests. While early findings show promise, experts caution that scorpion venom is not yet an approved treatment, and ...

Researchers proposed using a toxin in scorpion venom as a treatment for brain tumors. When administered, the chemical ...

CASABLANCA, Morocco – Extracting venom from scorpions can be a dangerous, but rewarding, task. The poisonous secretion, while fatal to humans, contains hundreds of components that have potential uses ...

Scorpions are a marvel. Some navigate by the stars and communicate by vibrations. They fluoresce under UV light and can live ...

Replenishing venom takes time and energy - so it pays to be stingy with stings. According to researchers at the Australian National Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, scorpions adapt their ...

Valley yoga enthusaist Sabrina Mullins was stung by a scorpion twice. She said there was nothing zen about it. "I'm not sure why it got me twice, but it got me pretty good," she said. Mullins had an ...

PHOENIX — Meet the Arizona Bark Scorpion -- the most common scorpion in the Phoenix area out of the 60+ species of scorpions found in Arizona. It also happens to be the most venomous and only lethal ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14) — The Arizona bark scorpion has been a rare sight to see around El Paso until this summer. So far, El Paso’s Children Hospital has treated two cases of bites by an Arizona bark ...

Several years ago, a young Egyptian man abandoned his degree in archaeology to hunt scorpions in the country's deserts and shores, extracting their venom for medicinal use.