The Scorpionfiles

Mesobuthus gibbosus(Brulli, 1832) (Buthidae) has been well known from the Greek island Crete, but very recently Eric Ythier has published an…

Andre Lira and co-workers have recently published a new article on the population dynamics of scorpions in Neotropical forests. They found 12…

The edge effectsin ecology are changes in population or community structures that occur at the boundary of two or more habitats (Wikipedia). Welton…

Graeme Lowe and co-workers have recently published a review of the cryptic genus Microbuthus Kraepelin, 1898 (Buthidae) from western and eastern…

Edmundo González-Santillán and Lorenzo Prendini have recently published a systematic review of the three North American…

Arachnophobia actually means fear for arachnids, but in most cases this term is used for spider fear or phobia. There haven't been many studies…

Aviod being eaten or killed is one of the fundamental drives in all animals and an impressive range of anti-predator tactics have been described.…

I'm always happy to read new studies on scorpion behavior. There are not that many of them, and my background is in animal behavior and I did my…

Eric Ythier has just published a synopsis of the scorpion fauna of French Guiana. In the paper, four new species are…

Richard Ayrey has recently described a new species of Vaejovis C. L. Koch, 1836 (Vaejovidae) from the Patagonia Mountains, Southern…