The bark scorpion is the most common type of scorpion in Arizona and can cause severe medical problems. All other scorpions pose a much smaller threat to humans. Coral snakes have a blunt black ...

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Arizona is home to a vast array of insects, from beautiful butterflies to pesky mosquitoes and venomous bark scorpions. While some, like honey bees and lacewings, are beneficial pollinators ...

Grasshopper mice harbor mutations in a pain-transmitting sodium channel that allow them to prey on highly toxic bark scorpions. Jef Akst was managing editor of The Scientist, where she started as an ...