Report: Storms in Egypt leave 3 dead, unleash scorpions
Heavy rain and flooding in a southern province in Egypt have left three people dead and more than 500 others hospitalized from scorpion stings, state-run media reported.
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News tagged with scorpion
Segments of the scorpion metasoma described for the first time
A team of researchers at Institut für Biowissenschaften, the University of Tübingen, Muséum d'histoire Naturelle and Route de Malagnou has fully described the anatomy of the scorpion metasoma for the first time in their ...
Ever wondered who'd win in a fight between a scorpion and tarantula? A venom scientist explains
Scorpions and tarantulas are two ancient arachnids that have been walking the Earth for hundreds of millions of years—even before the time of the dinosaurs.
Plants & Animals
Jun 30, 2021
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Venom-extraction and exotic pet trade may hasten the extinction of scorpions
In the recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of people involved in the trade and vast numbers of scorpions are harvested from nature. This development is endangering the future of several scorpion ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 10, 2021
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Scorpions a clue to restoring ecosystems
Researchers from La Trobe University have found that, in the absence of natural predators such as bilbies, native scorpions are thriving in Australia's damaged sandy landscape.
Ecology
Sep 14, 2020
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Giant sea scorpions were the underwater titans of prehistoric Australia
Let's turn back time. Before extinction knocked dinosaurs off their pillar, before the "Great Dying" extinction wiped out 95% of all organisms—we had the Paleozoic Era.
Archaeology
Jul 3, 2020
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Scorpions make a fluorescent compound that could help protect them from parasites
Most scorpions glow a blue-green color when illuminated by ultraviolet light or natural moonlight. Scientists aren't sure how this fluorescence benefits the creatures, but some have speculated that it acts as a sunscreen, ...
Biochemistry
Mar 4, 2020
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Fossil is the oldest-known scorpion
Scientists studying fossils collected 35 years ago have identified them as the oldest-known scorpion species, a prehistoric animal from about 437 million years ago. The researchers found that the animal likely had the capacity ...
Archaeology
Jan 16, 2020
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Compound eyes: The visual apparatus of today's horseshoe crabs goes back 400 million years
The eyes of the extinct sea scorpion Jaekelopterus rhenaniae have the same structure as the eyes of modern horseshoe crabs (Limulidae). The compound eyes of the giant predator exhibited lens cylinders and concentrically organized ...
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Dec 3, 2019
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Mechanism of scorpion toxin inhibition of K+ channel elucidated using high-speed AFM
Agitoxin-2 (AgTx2) from scorpion venom is a potent blocker of K+ channels. Researchers have now observed the binding dynamics of AgTx2 to the KcsA channel using high-speed atomic force microscopy. Single-molecule kinetic ...
Biochemistry
Jul 3, 2019
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