We often imagine mythical beasts or sci-fi creations when we think of creatures that can defy the odds and survive in the ...

The venomous centipede crawled into the Movile Cave millions of years ago and adapted to live in the pitch black, surrounded ...

A team of researchers has uncovered an exceptional fossil in the Yixian Formation in China. A giant scorpion, named Jeholia ...

A 125-million-year-old fossil of a giant venomous scorpion, Jeholia longchengi, has been discovered in China’s Yixian Formation.

Torpedo rays are a group of electric rays in the family Torpedinidae, comprising 22 species spread across two genera, Torpedo and Tetronarce, the latter being larger and having smoother spiracles ...

A newly discovered scorpion fossil, Jeholia longchengi, reveals insights into China’s Early Cretaceous ecosystem.

J. longchengi has a pentagonal body and rounded spiracles, which are the openings in its body that allowed it to breathe. These characteristics are similar to those found in some families of ...

A known treasure trove of Early Cretaceous fossils has turned up a never-before-seen species of scorpion that lived around 125 million years ago. The venomous scorpion was larger than many ancient ...