Articles by

Richard Kemeny

An ancient bone recasts how Indigenous Australians treated megafauna

Australia’s First Peoples were more early paleontologists than extinction-driving butchers, a group of scientists argue. For decades,...

A skull found in Egypt shows this top predator stalked ancient Africa

In the fossil-rich sands of the Faiyum Oasis in Egypt, archaeologists have uncovered one of the most...

Chatty bats are more likely to take risks

All bats are vocal, but some are more vocal than others. This chattiness reveals their individuality,...

Ancient, engraved stones may have been buried to summon the sun

As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed hundreds...

Neandertals may have built a hearth specifically to make tar

Neandertals really knew their way around a fire. In a sea cave sheltered from the blustery winds...

Bird nests made with a toxic fungus seem to fend off attacking ants

When building a bird nest in ant territory, the best defense could be an offensive fungus. Swollen-thorn...

Ants changed the architecture of their nests when exposed to a pathogen

If an infection takes hold in an ants’ nest, it could spell disaster for the whole colony....