More than 500 exceptionally preserved fossils are offering new clues about the evolution of Florida's animals and landscape.

When bones are cooked, they become brittle and can break into sharp pieces when chewed. These sharp fragments can: Cause ...

“After being properly prepared, it became evident that (the new species was) part of a rare group of herbivorous/omnivorous crocodyliforms from the Early Cretaceous of Gondwana (around 120 million ...

A sperm whale’s tooth can weigh more than two pounds and they are illegally trafficked to be used as decorations and for ...

Teeth and bones are both hard, white and heavy with calcium, but that doesn't make them one and the same. From the way they look to how they heal, teeth are quite different from the body's bones.

For the past two decades, scientists have been manipulating genes to grow human cells where you wouldn’t quite expect them.

Heavy metal pollution is usually associated with modern, large-scale industrialisation. However, humans have processed metals ...

Roughly half a million years ago, a group of armadillo-like mammals, horses, and sloths met their end in a sinkhole in what ...

For nearly 30 million years, a 2,000-pound beast known as the entelodont ruled a sweeping empire from Mongolia to what is now ...

Individuals prized sperm whale teeth and bones as decorations or as a scrimshaw ... Today, sperm whales are listed as federally protected animals under the U.S. Endangered Species Act and they ...

Between 122 and 108 million years ago, the Australian landmass was much farther south than today. Victoria was positioned within the Antarctic Circle, separated from Tasmania by a vast rift valley ...