Results 21 to 30 of about 26,722 (237)
Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2019 Background: Scorpions pose one of the most important public health and medical problems in tropical and subtropical regions of the world, especially in developing countries.
Faranak Firoozfar +7 more
doaj +1 more source
Watch Out for Your Neighbor: Climbing onto Shrubs Is Related to Risk of Cannibalism in the Scorpion Buthus cf. occitanus. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The distribution and behavior of foraging animals usually imply a balance between resource availability and predation risk. In some predators such as scorpions, cannibalism constitutes an important mortality factor determining their ecology and behavior.
Francisco Sánchez-Piñero +1 more
doaj +1 more source
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2022 Background: Scorpionism is a worldwide problem that has already made thousands of victims, and multi-disciplinary approaches for controlling their populations are to be more successful.
Gabriel Pimenta Murayama +3 more
doaj +1 more source
BMC Research Notes, 2021 Objectives Annually, 1.2 million humans are stung by scorpions and severely affected by their venom. Some of the scorpion species of medical importance have a similar morphology to species with low toxicity.
Parisa Soltan-Alinejad +5 more
doaj +1 more source
Venom Costs and Optimization in Scorpions
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Scorpions use venoms as weapons to improve prey capture and predator defense, and these benefits must be balanced against costs associated with its use. Venom costs involve direct energetic costs associated with the production and storage of toxins, and ...
Edward R. J. Evans +4 more
doaj +1 more source
Emotions triggered by live arthropods shed light on spider phobia
Scientific Reports, 2021 Spiders are mostly harmless, yet they often trigger high levels of both fear and disgust, and arachnophobia (the phobia of spiders) ranks among the most common specific animal phobias.
Daniel Frynta +8 more
doaj +1 more source
The scorpion collections (Arachnida, Scorpiones) held in the Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali of Turin (Italy) [PDF]
, 2012 Data and considerations about the history and contents of the scorpion collection housed in the Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali of Turin (MRSN) are reported.
Chiarle, Alberto +3 more
core +2 more sources
Study on Distribution of Scorpions to Provide Prevention and Interventions in Combating Scorpionism in Poldokhtar County, Lorestan Province, Iran [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016 Introduction: Scorpions are arthropods of medical importance classified in the class Arachnida, inhabiting hot and dry environments. All scorpions have a venomous sting and several thousand people die each year from scorpion stings, but this ...
MANSOUR NAZARI, HASSAN RASTGAR
doaj +1 more source
Withius hispanus new to the fauna of Slovakia (Pseudoscorpiones: Withiidae) [PDF]
, 2012 An illustrated description of Withius hispanus (L. Koch, 1873) is provided based on its morphological and morphometric characters. This finding of W. hispanus is the first record of the family Withiidae in Slovakia.
Christophoryová, Jana +2 more
core +2 more sources
Scorpions and Their Human Mortality Report in Iran: A Review Article
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2019 Background: The scorpions have enjoyed medical importance from ancient times because of their morphological structure and venom. The identification of the species of these arthropods has been more emphasized than any other aspects.
Faranak FIROOZFAR +2 more
doaj +1 more source