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 ...

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 ...

Ancient sea scorpions included the largest and arguably most frightening bug-like creatures known to have lived on Earth, but despite their fearsome claws, these giants might actually have been ...

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 ...

Millions of years ago, this giant sea scorpion terrorized the ocean. It was the apex predator of its time. So what if we ...

Earth's first big predatory monster was a weird water bug as big as Tom Cruise, newly found fossils show. Almost half a billion years ago, way before the dinosaurs roamed, Earth's dominant large ...

A newly described species of sea scorpion measures over 1.5 metres long and lived 460 million years ago. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as enthralled with the ...

Poor peepers are a problem, even if you are a big, bad sea scorpion. One minute, you’re an imperious predator, scouring the shallow waters for any prey in sight. The next, thanks to a post-extinction ...

The fossilised remains of a giant claw that once belonged to a sea scorpion roughly 2.5 metres long have been found in Germany. Researchers say the monstrous creature is the largest arthropod ever ...

— -- Shipwreck disaster experts are calling for a deep-sea expedition to a lost U.S. nuclear attack sub, the USS Scorpion, in an effort to verify a new theory on what caused the Cold War vessel ...

Scientists have found evidence of a giant scorpion-like animal that roamed the seas hundreds of millions of years before the dinosaurs. Pentecopterus lived about 450 million years ago. It is the ...