PALM DESERT, Calif. (The Desert Sun) -- They're babies pretty much only a scorpion mother could love. About 20 baby scorpions are now on display at The Living Desert - in an enclosure so you can enjoy ...

Groups of 15 to 20 people armed with ultraviolet flashlights fanned out into the desert off Snow Creek Road and Highway 111 Tuesday night, keeping their eyes trained on the sand as they moved slowly ...

When you think about family fun in the desert in the summer, walking through the desert at dusk looking for scorpions might not be high on your list. That would be a shame, says Tracy Albrecht. “I’ve ...

Armed with my newest toy, I headed out into the desert at night to hunt for scorpions. The advertisement claimed that this flashlight could make scorpions glow, or, more precisely, fluoresce, 40 feet ...

Deserts are not easy places to call home. Broiling in the day, frigid at night, and lacking ample water, these landscapes test their inhabitants. The creatures that call deserts home have adaptations ...

Scientists have discovered that scorpions design their burrows to include both hot and cold spots. A long platform provides a sunny place to warm up before they hunt, whilst a humid chamber acts as a ...

Scorpions may call to mind snapping pincers and a venomous sting, but these ancient arthropods are far from invincible. To survive in harsh environments and evade predators like lizards and owls, many ...

The very thought of getting close to a scorpion may sound scary to some. It’s understandable, considering that they have a stinger at the end of their tail and pincers at the front that don’t look so ...

Alex Goligoski got a phone call this summer from his landscaper, notifying him that a monsoon storm had blown through his neighborhood and popped open a door on his house. He didn’t think much of it ...