New research from the University of Chicago shows that dentine, the inner layer of teeth that transmits sensory information to nerves inside the pulp, first evolved as sensory tissue in the armoured ...

New research from the University of Chicago reveals that teeth may have evolved from sensory armor in ancient fish.

Breakthrough discovery of 123-million-year-old pollen grains in Portugal pushes back flowering plant evolution by 2 million ...

A fossil from British Columbia, originally discovered in the 80s, has finally been identified as a new species named ...

The Jaws Effect” is what scientists call people’s irrational fear of sharks based on Steven Spielberg’s 1975 hit summer movie ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence suggesting that human tooth sensitivity—those sharp jolts from a cold drink or a sudden ...

the microfossils dating to the Lower Ordovician Period, approximately 480 million years ago, fill an approximately 25-million-year gap in knowledge by reconciling the molecular clock—or pace of ...

A prehistoric sea monster never-before-known to man was hunting prey in North America 85 million years ago, fossils found decades ago in Canada reveal.

Thousands of fossils from the La Brea tar pits in California show no signs of mammals and birds evolving in response to ...

Chicago, a small hill that looks like a prop from an Indiana Jones contains many of the world’s best-preserved, most diverse ...

Spring in the Arctic brings forth a plethora of peeps and downy hatchlings as millions of birds gather to raise their young.