Sam Ciurca, who collected the sea scorpion specimens, with a life size model of one called Acutiramus. (Sam Ciurca) Gigantic sea scorpions that lurked in the ocean more than 400 million years ago ...

One of its claws might feed an entire family, but this sea creature would be more likely to eat the family. British researchers said Tuesday that they have discovered an 18-inch-long fossilized claw ...

A newly described species of sea scorpion measures over 1.5 metres long and lived 460 million years ago. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as enthralled with the ...

Over 290 million years ago, a thriving forest ecosystem was brought to a sudden end. A volcanic eruption nearby produced a pyroclastic flow, in which a current of fast-moving hot gas and rock ...

A new scorpion species found fossilized in the rocks of a backyard could turn the scientific understanding of these stinging creatures on its head. The fossils suggest that ancient scorpions crawled ...

Ancient sea scorpions included the largest and arguably most frightening bug-like creatures known to have lived on Earth, but despite their fearsome claws, these giants might actually have been ...

Fossils of the mighty sea creatures, formally known as eurypterids, were rarely found in Australia until now THE discovery of the remnants of enormous ancient scorpions has left scientists with more ...

In a trove of fossils dug up decades ago in Wisconsin, a team of paleontologists say they have discovered the oldest known prehistoric scorpion species—and clues about how early organisms evolved to ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found the fossilised claw of a 2.5-metre (8-foot) sea scorpion, a nightmarish creature living before the age of dinosaurs. The discovery of the 390-million-year-old ...

Gigantic sea scorpions that lurked in the ocean more than 400 million years ago weren't as scary as they sound, a new study suggests. The massive creatures, known as pterygotids, were the largest ...

Ancient sea scorpions included the largest and arguably most frightening bug-like creatures known to have lived on Earth, but despite their fearsome claws, these giants might actually have been ...

BUFFALO, N.Y., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Huge ancient sea scorpions, long characterized as terrors of the sea, may actually have been timid scavengers or even vegetarians, U.S. scientists say. Sea scorpions, ...