National park officials are warning campers of an unusual-looking visitor that has started to emerge due to the recent summer rains. "Vinegaroons," also known as whip scorpions, are a cross between a ...

Testing the limits of fear and curiosity while getting up close with a real scorpion — and finding out just how dangerous it ...

While this tailless whip scorpion may look like a creature from a nightmare, it’s a harmless critter. Contrary to the implication of its common name, it can’t whip or sting and none of its many pointy ...

They look like a mix between a scorpion and a spider, spray acid to protect themselves and eat cockroaches for dinner — and now they've been spotted in Texas. A vinegaroon, an arachnid also known as a ...

Two new species of short-tailed whip scorpions have been found living deep inside the cool, humid caves of northeastern Brazil, a study reports. Whip scorpions are not true scorpions, but rather part ...

Big Bend National Park - This is why some people prefer to stay inside. The National Parks Service Instagram account recently shared a photo of a bug taken from Big Bend National Park in Texas. This ...

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 ...

Large, acid-spraying arachnids called vinegaroons have emerged from their burrows "in search of food and love" in Texas. Big Bend National Park posted a picture of one of the unusual creatures on ...

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas (Gray News) – The summer rains in Texas are bringing vinegaroons out of their burrows. The nocturnal creatures are typically found in the desert, but this one was spotted ...