A recent study published in Papers in Palaeontology describes the discovery and identification of a new species of ...

You wouldn't have been able to predict this looking at the modern ecosystem," said paper author and vertebrate paleontologist ...

Knife-toothed reptiles called sebecids went extinct on the mainland 10 million years ago. New fossil evidence puts them on an island 4 million years ago.

Scientists revisited tracks made by a shorebird, a lizard, a cat-like predator and some sort of large herbivore at what is ...

While rare, a few birds we studied were rule-breakers. One such rule-breaker is the Eurasian spoonbill, whose highly ...

As helpful as they are to many, fillings and dental implants can be detrimental, and while they have long been the only solutions to decay, it may soon be possible for teeth to regrow themselves.

Gut health is a buzzy topic, but the oral microbiome might be the next big trend. The evidence that a clean mouth could lower the risk of chronic diseases is piling up. Big voices in the longevity ...

That’s right: they all have hyperdontia – aka “too many teeth”. It’s in the name, really: hyper, as in “too many”, and dontia, as in “teeth”. But what does that mean exactly?

In fact, many folks lean into a common tendency called “the ostrich effect” when confronted with a prospect or news they’d prefer to keep far from their consciousness. This instinct can lead ...

In fact, many folks lean into a common tendency called “the ostrich effect” when confronted with a prospect or news they’d prefer to keep far from their consciousness. This instinct can lead to ...