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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Southern grasshopper mouse survives in the desert Findings could offer ideas for designing painkillers with limited side effects Scorpion toxin links with nerve cells to somehow block pain The ...

Pitting a scorpion against a mouse may seem like a foregone conclusion - but the outcome of this battle may surprise you. In this amazing video, created by the Deep Look science series on YouTube, a ...

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 ...

In the dark expanses of the Sonoran desert in the US, a terrifying creature stalks the night, searching for fresh meat. Anything will do: crickets, rodents, tarantulas – the nastier the better. Even ...

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 ...

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 ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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 ...

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 ...