Feb. 15—SANTA FE — Scientists have discovered the fossil — never found in New Mexico before — of a new species of giant sea scorpion in the Manzano Mountains. The 4-foot-long fossilized predator was ...

Chinese researchers have discovered a rare fossil of a previously unknown species of venomous scorpion that lived around 125 million years ago. This is the first Mesozoic scorpion fossil to be found ...

The fossil in question was originally discovered on Nick Freeman's family property in the 1990s. The fossil was discovered in the town of Theodore, Queensland. In 2013, Freeman delivered the fossil to ...

A new giant sea scorpion fossil has been discovered near Albuquerque. The sea scorpion fossil was found in 305-million-year-old rocks in the Manzano Mountains.Researchers say the fossil mainly ...

Over 290 million years ago, a thriving forest ecosystem was brought to a sudden end. A volcanic eruption nearby produced a pyroclastic flow, in which a current of fast-moving hot gas and rock ...

A fierce predator with a huge stinger and long pincers is the oldest land-animal fossil ever found on the former Gondwana supercontinent, a new study reports. The 360-million-year-old scorpion was ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Sea ...

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 — ...

The fossil of a giant sea scorpion that lived millions of years ago has been found in New Mexico in the US. The ancient species was over one metre long and fed on crustaceans such as small crabs.

Scientists at the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology published a new study in the November 2021 journal Science Bulletin. The researchers recently discovered the fossil of the dog-size ...

A team of researchers found a fossil of a sea scorpion that was about 3 feet. That's about the size of a dog – and not a chihuahua either. Mixopterids, the most remarkable of the eurypterid (sea ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The fossil of a giant sea scorpion was discovered near Albuquerque. A team of paleontologists from the United Kingdom and New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science ...