The largest scorpion to walk the Earth was the size of a baseball bat
Imagine a huge scorpion the size of a baseball bat, scrambling over mossy rocks and around large, treelike…
Scientists Thought Giant Fossils Belonged to a Prehistoric Crustacean. The Actual Answer Is Much More Frightening
NEED TO KNOW Scientists have confirmed that fossil fragments discovered in the U.K. belonged to the largest scorpion…
Scientists Identify The World’s Biggest Known Scorpion, The Size of a Dog
If you were wandering around Earth’s floodplains 415 million years ago, you wouldn’t have come across any other…
World’s biggest scorpions were the size of baseball bats
Giant scorpions the size of a baseball bat with pincers the size of a pencil once stalked what…
We take a look inside the new orca exhibition at the Natural History Museum
Orcas, the lovable black and white marine predators, have taken over 10,000 square feet of the Natural History…
See shortlisted images from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award 2026
A flamboyance of flamingos dazzling against a backdrop of power lines, a crafty crab hitching a ride on…
Expired Cans of Salmon, Decades Old, Preserve a Huge Surprise
Scientists have made some intriguing parasite discoveries in an accidental back-of-the-pantry natural history museum. Canned salmon, well past…
Tarantula mating season is in full swing. Not everyone comes out alive
It’s a crisp night in the rugged mountains above Los Angeles following the first rains of fall. This…
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
The 61st Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest is underway. Run by London’s Natural History Museum, the annual…