At least 1.2 million scorpion stings are recorded each year – and around 3,000 people, mainly children, die from them.
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Taxonomy does not exist in a vacuum. It is deeply entwined with history and society.
Most Australians think of scorpions as exotic desert animals, but they are fairly widespread across the continent. Still, next to nothing is known about most local scorpion species.
During the Paleozoic Era, giant sea scorpions would have been the equivalent of a great white shark in their food web.
Brazil’s scorpion infestation, which is terrorizing residents of São Paulo and other major cities, is a classic ‘wicked problem.’ That means officials must think outside-the-box to fix it.
Indian-made antivenoms, common throughout Africa because they are affordable, showed little-to-no neutralisation of the African Echis venoms.
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma’s loss in the Appeals Court forms part of three milestones in his recent history dominated by corruption, unethical conduct and a knack to avoid criminal charges.
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