Latest articles by Cameron Duke
World's oldest known case of cannibalism revealed in trilobite fossils
Injured trilobite fossils provide the oldest known evidence of cannibalism.
Bloated 'alien' creature that washed ashore in Australia possibly identified
A weirdly bloated creature, whose head has been defleshed and body looks more like a swollen, discolored beast of myth than anything real, washed up on an Australian beach last week.
Sudden collapse of Antarctic ice shelf could be sign of things to come
A massive Antarctic ice shelf that covered an area about the size of New York City or Rome just collapsed into the ocean.
'Informational simplicity' may explain why nature favors symmetry
Symmetry is so common in biology because life favors simple structures over complex ones.
Surprise! King cobra is actually a royal lineage of 4 species
The king cobra is not one species, but four independent ones, spread throughout the Asian tropics.
Spiders hunt in packs of hundreds to swarm prey
Pack hunting spiders use web vibrations to coordinate their attacks.
9 out of 10 ticks in this Pennsylvania park carried a potentially fatal neurological virus
Pennsylvania officials spotted a worrisome concentration of ticks carrying a severe tick-borne disease in a single park. Is this an anomaly or part of a larger trend?
Watch amazing video of cockatoos that learn to play 'golf'
Goffin's cockatoos play golf in an experiment exploring their ability to combine multiple objects into one tool.
Creepy, big-eyed cockroach discovered trapped in amber from 100 million years ago
This Cretaceous-era cockroach was active during the day and has eyes to prove it.
'Bomb cyclone' set to bring blizzards and hurricane-force winds to the Northeast on Friday: Here's why.
A 'bomb cyclone' is expected to bring strong winds and dump inches of snow on the U.S. Northeast on Friday and Saturday.
Watch a python swallow an impala whole in this jaw-dropping video
An incredible video shows an African rock python swallowing an impala.
Largest fish nursery discovered beneath Weddell Sea in Antarctica
Scientists onboard an icebreaker in Antarctica were blown away when they spied a trove of 60 million icefish nests dotting the floor of the Weddell Sea.
Wild video shows goldfish 'driving' a water-filled car in weird experiment
A supremely weird new video shows a goldfish driving a water-filled, motorized "car" to help scientists understand how they navigate on land.
Woolly mammoths survived on mainland North America until 5,000 years ago, DNA reveals
Ancient DNA reveals that woolly mammoths coexisted with humans in North America for 5,000 years longer than previously believed.
Indestructible 'Black Box' will record our planet's demise in minute detail
The disaster recorder aims to set us on a better path by watching our every move.
Newfound millipede breaks world record for the most legs
The millipede has over 1,300 legs and was found deep underneath Western Australia.
Ants vomit into each other's mouths to form social bonds
Ants are highly social animals that have social networks, and they exchange info through vomit.
Dog DNA tests: How accurate are they, and what can you learn?
Reference Of the many dog DNA tests on the market, which one is right for you and your pet? How do they work, are they accurate, and what can you learn?
This fish has 555 teeth … and it loses 20 every day
The Pacific lingcod has a mouth full of teeth and sheds up to 20 per day.
After rampant ivory poaching, some African elephants lost their tusks — Why?
For some elephants, survival meant ditching their tusks. Now they are slowly getting them back.
DNA paternity tests: how they work and how to do one
REFERENCE Find out how to pick the right DNA paternity test for you and the facts about how genetic paternity testing works
Dark regions of the genome may drive the evolution of new species
The findings suggest a way to rescue "doomed" animal hybrids.
