Researchers have developed three new antibiotics from scorpion venom and habanero peppers to combat tuberculosis and other ...

Scorpion venom is the most expensive liquid in the world! Although scorpions deliver painful stings, their valuable venom has many uses in the medical field. Discover how venom is extracted and used ...

The Arizona bark scorpion may look small and harmless, but it carries one of the most powerful venoms of any arachnid in North America. Its sting delivers a potent neurotoxin that disrupts the nervous ...

The distribution and scale of metal enrichment among the deadly arthropods' weapons have been discovered for the first time.

PHOENIX — As temperatures rise, scorpions and spiders emerge from hiding, prompting an increase in envenomation calls, notes the Banner Poison Control Center. The center’s director, Maureen Roland, ...