About 50 people gathered in the Art Smith parking lot of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument on a balmy Saturday evening. They chattered and smiled as they took swigs of water ...

“Rants from the Hill” are Michael Branch’s monthly musings on life in the high country of western Nevada’s Great Basin Desert. Our seven-year-old daughter, Caroline, is a tireless athlete, while her ...

Groups of 15 to 20 people armed with ultraviolet flashlights fanned out into the desert off Snow Creek Road and Highway 111 Tuesday night, keeping their eyes trained on the sand as they moved slowly ...

The very thought of getting close to a scorpion may sound scary to some. It’s understandable, considering that they have a stinger at the end of their tail and pincers at the front that don’t look so ...

Q: I have lived in this house since it was built in 1978 and had never seen a scorpion. About three years ago, there was a major road construction project a half mile away and that’s when the ...

KARACHI: Illegal hunting and trade of scorpions is thriving in the country, particularly in Sindh, federal and provincial wildlife officials told Dawn. Though no case relating to the illegal catch of ...

Local exterminators say scorpions are taking over parts of the valley. In scorpion infested neighborhoods, it's normal to see people out walking their dogs with a blacklight, constantly searching for ...

Teachers look away now: animal behavioural studies are blurring the boundaries between humans and animals, and challenging the idea that teaching is built on intelligence. “People used to think of ...