What animal sprays acid that reeks of vinegar from its rear end? A vinegaroon, of course. The vinegaroon – also known as a whip scorpion – looks like a Frankenstein creation of monster body parts. But ...

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.

Texas is home to some of the creepiest, crawliest, and otherwise oddest animals on the planet. We introduce you to them in What in Tarnation?!, an occasional series. Visitors to Big Bend National Park ...

They look like a mix between a scorpion and a spider, spray acid to protect themselves and eat cockroaches for dinner — and now they've been spotted in Texas. A vinegaroon, an arachnid also known as a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The summer rain didn't only cause flooding. It also brought out a creature that shoots out acetic acid from its tail. On Wednesday, Big Bend National Park informed its followers on Facebook about ...

Big Bend National Park posted a photo of a small but nightmarish creature called a vinegaroon, also known as a whip scorpion, on social media. The arachnid is about 3 inches long and when threatened ...

Large, acid-spraying arachnids called vinegaroons have emerged from their burrows "in search of food and love" in Texas. Big Bend National Park posted a picture of one of the unusual creatures on ...

Acid spraying critters are on the hunt for "food and love" at a national park in Texas, according to authorities. A vinegaroon, also called a "whip scorpion," was spotted after summer rains likely ...