There’s a chemical arms race underway in the desert along the U.S.-Mexico border. But rather than pitting two armies, it’s a showdown between a highly venomous scorpion and a particularly ferocious ...

Move aside, honey badger. There’s a new contender for the most badass mammal: the southern grasshopper mouse. This little creature from the south-western USA attacks and eats bark scorpions—a group of ...

Rodents called grasshopper mice have an unusual favorite food. Not grasshoppers. No, they really like scorpions. You can see the problem. But the mice shrug off any scorpion stings. And a new study ...

Grasshopper mice have evolved biochemical pathways that thwart scorpion venom by reacting to it as a painkiller. Sophie Bushwick reports. Rodents called grasshopper mice have an unusual favorite food.

A venomous bark scorpion, its stinger poised to strike, confronts a furry, little grasshopper mouse somewhere in the desert. A deadly melee is about to begin and you won’t believe who wins. Even ...

The desert-inhabiting grasshopper mouse has managed to negate the pain caused by a scorpion's sting and managed to gobble it up. If you're wondering how, then scientists believe it is courtesy of ...

This mouse uses scorpion venom as a painkiller so it can eat them without being effected by their sting at all. This mouse uses scorpion venom as a painkiller so it can eat them without being effected ...

Resisting pain The discovery that a type of mouse feels no pain from scorpion venom has revealed a new strategy for developing pain-killing drugs. The grasshopper mouse can feast on bark scorpions ...

The southern grasshopper mouse is a furry, brown and frankly kind of cute little rodent found in the deserts of the southwest United States and Mexico that looks pretty much like a regular house mouse ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A jaw-dropping new video shows a fuzzy little mouse as a fearsome fighter, attacking and killing ...

Pain isn't any fun, but it's important. It tells you when you're damaging your body, and helps you avoid stuff that might damage it in the future. It's why you don't keep your hand on a hot surface ...

A jaw-dropping new video shows a fuzzy little mouse as a fearsome fighter, attacking and killing a venomous scorpion in slow motion. The new mouse-scorpion video, released on YouTube by Michigan State ...