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Winter is the ideal season to see UV fluorescent organisms in the Bay Area.
Winter is the ideal season to see UV fluorescent organisms in the Bay Area.
A little too hairy and a little too pinchy to classify as charismatic, scorpions strike fear in the hearts of many—through no fault of their own. A scorpion expert sets...
There are now two more scorpion species to appreciate, thanks to the work of two young researchers. Their efforts could change the future for these salty-lake-bed, stinger-endowed specialists.
And the Bay Area's most common species is smaller than your pinkie, has a sting milder than a honeybee's, is so shy it only hunts on moonless nights and even...
Scorpions don't just inhabit bleak desert landscapes. The Bay Area has four local species of scorpion, as one butterfly enthusiast discovered on an expedition to Albany Hill one crisp November...