Its name invokes a sense of fear and awe: the giant whip scorpion. It has claws and a whip-like tail emerging from its midsection. It looks like a cross between a scorpion, a spider and some sort of ...

We highly recommend watching where you step the next time you visit Big Bend National Park. The Internet is in a frenzy after the National Park Service shared a photo of a fearsome-looking bug known ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - News reports about a “land lobster” found at a national park in Texas were shared widely in July, and it turns out the species is also native to the Sunshine State. An ...

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India’s hidden world of spiders and whip scorpions has come into fresh scientific focus after researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) discovered two new spider species in Nagaland and ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. LiveScience Two new species of short-tailed whip scorpions have been found living deep inside the cool, humid caves of northeastern ...

An eastern lubber grasshopper, or Romalea guttata sits on a leaf at the Insect Zoo at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Photos by Jenny Marder. And now, an end-of-the-week pause to celebrate ...