Scorpions are active in Utah all year, but you might start encountering them more frequently as the weather gets colder. An ...

Scorpions are among the oldest predators on Earth. While most species pose little threat to humans, a handful are far more ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There are four major deserts in the United States. A portion of each of them -- the Sonoran, Mojave, Chihuahuan, and Great Basin -- are at ...

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 ...

Let’s face it, scorpions freak most of us out. With their pincers, creepy crawl and venomous stingers, they seem like nature’s little nightmares. But when scorpions aren't lurking in your shoe or ...