The waning moon will be in the constellation of Scorpius near the stars that form its claws. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The ...

Most of the constellations seem pretty much random arrangements of stars to modern eyes. Scorpius is one of the few that actually resembles its namesake, the Scorpion. As seen by observers in the ...

The constellation Scorpius the Scorpion is at its height for late evening star watching. This region of the heavens offers a rich exhibit of stars bright and dim, on the preceding edge of the great ...

If you think scorpions are scary, just take a look at this guy. Named Schinderhannes bartelsi, it was found in fossilized form in a German quarry, and dates to 390 million years ago. That's about 100 ...

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 ...

The world is losing monsters left and right. First the T-Rex went vegetarian and turned into a bird, and now it looks like giant, ancient sea scorpions might have ...

As far as arachnids go, a creepy new species of assassin spider in Australia seems to be par for the course. However, these creatures used to be much bigger. Long before T-Rex debuted, ancient waters ...