English News Weekly

This week's English News Weekly podcast reports on scary news from Brazil where a huge increase in the number of people being stung by scorpions in towns and cities have been reported. Brazil is home to four of the deadliest scorpion species in the world and one type in particular has been found living and breeding in urban areas around the country. What kind of scorpions are they? What kind of danger do they pose to humans? How is Brazil trying to stop the scorpions?... English News Weekly will try to explain all... (PDF) Download MP3