Scorpions

I Am a Scorpion. It Is My Nature.

Aaron E. Carroll | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics


Aaron E. Carroll

The fable, as it is told, involves a scorpion and a frog.  The scorpion needs to cross a river, so he asks the frog to carry him on his back.&nbs...

Suang Puangsri Lives With 4,600 Scorpions (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.01.2009 | Green


A man In Thailand, Suang Puangsri, has some unusual housemates: 4,600 scorpions. In the video, they appear to be living loose on the floor of his hou...

This Week In Animals: The Fastest Mammal, A Colony Of Scorpions, New Species, And More! (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Eve Solomon | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green


We posted some fun animal stories this week on HuffPost Green, from the world's fastest cheetah to celebrity pets and a house filled with scorpions. B...

Repentant Man Breeds 4,600 Scorpions

Yahoo! News | Noppawan Bunluesilp | Posted 11.08.2009 | Green


UTTARADIT, Thailand (Reuters) A Thai man is keeping more than 4,600 scorpions as pets to atone for the years he spent cooking the arachnids to sell as...

New Tunes On Monday: Wilco, The Mars Volta, Don Henley and Christina Courtin

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.22.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

The songs on Wilco's self-titled album are laden with fat, beefy hooks although there isn't the usual amount of boundary pushing here.

10 Lessons from Anvil!, the Greatest Heavy Metal Band You've Never Heard Of

Ariston Anderson | Posted 05.07.2009 | Entertainment


Ariston Anderson

Who would have thought the feel good movie of the year stars fifty-year old heavy metal has-beens?

Blind Faith: The Slippery Slope To Internet Censorship

Martin Lewis | Posted 01.08.2009 | Media


Martin Lewis

95% of British internet users have been prevented from accessing an article on Wikipedia because it contains an image -- presented in an encyclopedic manner -- of the jacket of a 1976 heavy metal album.

How This Critter Can Save Your Life

CNN | Maggie Koerth-Baker and Laurel Mills | Posted 04.17.2008 | Living


Sure, you know these five creatures as stinging, biting merchants of death. But isn't it time we put aside our differences and embraced the positive? ...