It’s a huge find for Australia, as Dr. Poschmann says it helps fill in the gap of our knowledge about prehistoric sea scorpions in that country and worldwide. The researchers also say that they ...

It’s rare to see such an ancient arachnid preserved in this way, and these features give scientists invaluable insights into the evolution of scorpions and their complex role in prehistoric food ...

Females likely migrated hundreds of miles to lay eggs on sandy beaches, much like sea turtles do today. Movement onshore, however, was difficult. An adult female Protostega may have weighed a ton ...

Previous reef-builders such as bryozoans were joined by corals and prehistoric sponges known ... food chain were the fearsome eurypterids, or sea scorpions. Some species grew to more than six ...

Still, next to nothing is known about most local scorpion species. During the Paleozoic Era, giant sea scorpions would have been the equivalent of a great white shark in their food web.