This is why some people prefer to stay inside. The National Parks Service Instagram account recently shared a photo of a bug taken from Big Bend National Park in Texas. This image shows an arachnid ...

National park officials are warning campers of an unusual-looking visitor that has started to emerge due to the recent summer rains. "Vinegaroons," also known as whip scorpions, are a cross between a ...

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Everything's bigger in Texas, even the state's creepy crawly arachnids. Big Bend National Park is warning visitors about the vinegaroons. If you do not know what a vinegaroon is, WOAI described them ...

TEXAS, USA — There's an arachnid that is a mix between a scorpion and a spider; sounds like what nightmares are made of, right? Well, these arachnids are starting to pop up in the Lone Star State.

The vinegaroon – also known as a whip scorpion – looks like a Frankenstein creation of monster body parts. But unlike true scorpions, it doesn’t use venom to defend itself from predators. Instead, it ...

Vinegaroons spray acetic acid—the substance that gives vinegar its pungent scent—from their tails. Laura Gooch via Flickr under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 In the West Texas desert, summer rains usually cause ...