Scientists knew the stingers and pincers of these arachnids generally contained metals, but a new Smithsonian-led study maps ...

Humans started reinforcing the tips of their spears with metal several thousands years ago, but scorpions beat them to it by ...

Scorpions are optimized hunters, whose skills have been honed through millions of years of evolution. An armored exoskeleton, ...

Many scorpion species carry zinc and other heavy metals in their pincers and stingers, according to new research.

Learn how metals like zinc and manganese reinforce scorpion stingers and claws, and how their placement shapes strength, ...

Scorpions are incredible hunters, and while we knew that metals strengthen the weapons in some species’ arsenals, we don’t ...

Many scorpion species use blends of iron, zinc and manganese to enhance the toughness of their deadly weaponry ...

The Pakistani yellow scorpion uses its venom to incapacitate prey. But new research shows that it might also be used to cure a range of maladies, even cancer. Part of scorpions’ evolutionary success ...

Differences in zinc, manganese, and iron enrichment across species suggest material properties are tuned to behavior ...

Scorpions wield some of the natural world's most formidable built-in weapons, from crushing pincers to venomous stingers.