James Price

James Price

Production Editor

James is Live Science’s production editor and is based near London in the U.K. Before joining Live Science, he worked on a number of magazines, including How It Works, History of War and Digital Photographer. He also previously worked in Madrid, Spain, helping to create history and science textbooks and learning resources for schools. He has a bachelor’s degree in English and History from Coventry University.

Latest articles by James Price

A Peacock mantis shrimp with bright green clubs.

Animal kingdom's most powerful puncher generates a 'phononic shield' to protect itself

By Elise Poore published

The mantis shrimp's club uses a built-in vibration shield that filters out damaging shock waves to enable it to strike with bullet-like force without breaking.

Crustaceans
A satellite image of Jack Hills, Australia.

The oldest rocks on Earth

By James Price published

The world's oldest rocks are spread across the globe and paint a picture of Earth's turbulent early history. Here are some of the most notable and important formations scientists have discovered.

Geology
An image of the Europa clipper spacecraft. It has a small body with wide wings. Beneath it, Europa is tan and brown with a vein-like pattern.

Europa Clipper: What's next for NASA's biggest-ever interplanetary spacecraft?

By James Price published

NASA just launched a spacecraft the size of a basketball court towards Jupiter's moon Europa. Here's what will happen over the next 10 years.

Space Exploration
Tardigrade fossil scan.

1st tardigrade fossils ever discovered hint at how they survived Earth's biggest mass extinction

By Elise Poore published

Detailed 3D images of the first tardigrade fossils ever discovered help scientists predict when tardigrades evolved their near-indestructibility — a trait that might have helped them survive multiple mass extinctions.

Animals
Greenland shark or Greenland sleeper shark, Somniosus microcephalus and divers, St. Lawrence River estuary, Canada, (shark was wild & unrestrained )

Secret of why Greenland sharks live so incredibly long finally revealed

By Elise Poore published

Surprising new research has revealed why the world's longest-living vertebrate, the Greenland shark, has such a lengthy lifespan. The findings could have big implications for the species' future.

Sharks
Photos from Sutton Hoo in 1939

Photos: Snapshots of mysterious Sutton Hoo burial excavation revealed

By James Price published

Two photographers, Mercie Lack and Barbara Wagstaff, recorded the discovery of an Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo in 1939, and their images have now been digitized.

Archaeology