CBS 5 News teamed up with a man who's been tracking scorpions for decades to bring you information about how and where they live and why they attack.

CLICK HERE to see a map of the ancient and present canals in the Valley along which scorpions are thought to live.

Arizona State University released a study in 1998 that showed the number of scorpion attacks per ZIP code in the Valley over a one-year period. CLICK HERE to view the map.

CLICK HERE for information compiled by the University of Arizona detailing everything you need to know about scorpions, including where they live, which ones to watch out for, and how to get rid of them.

Did you know in Mexico thousands of people, mostly kids, die every year from scorpion stings.

Experts said there are two reasons behind the higher Mexican incident rate. First, there's more open housing. Secondly, the scorpion species south of the border have even more potent venom.

You've probably already heard how residents can unintentionally invite scorpions into their homes. Or how they thrive in certain landscapes around homes, like palm trees or rocky gravel.

But experts said they are also known to travel special trails or paths, much like highways.