Smithsonian Magazine

Scorpions Are So Metal—Literally. New Images Reveal Patterns in How Their Weaponry Is Fortified With Iron, Zinc and Manganese

Scientists knew the stingers and pincers of these arachnids generally contained metals, but a new Smithsonian-led study maps ...
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian-Led Research Shows That Scorpions’ Weapons Are Fortified With Metal To Suit Their Needs

Scorpions are incredible hunters, and while we knew that metals strengthen the weapons in some species’ arsenals, we don’t ...
Discover Magazine

Scorpion Stingers Are Fortified With Metal — and It May Shape How They Hunt

Learn how metals like zinc and manganese reinforce scorpion stingers and claws, and how their placement shapes strength, ...
C&EN

Metal trade-offs shape how scorpions arm themselves

Differences in zinc, manganese, and iron enrichment across species suggest material properties are tuned to behavior ...
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Smithsonian study maps metal armor in scorpion weapons

A Smithsonian-led study has revealed that scorpions strategically fortify their stingers and claws with metals like zinc, ...
Phys.org

Research shows that the smaller the scorpion, the deadlier

Researchers in NUI Galway have shown, for the first time, that smaller species of scorpions, with smaller pincers, have more potent venoms compared to larger species with robust claws. The scientists ...

Scorpions' weapons are fortified with metal to suit their needs, research shows

Scorpions wield some of the natural world's most formidable built-in weapons, from crushing pincers to venomous stingers.