Sensory features on the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish may be the reason why humans have teeth that are sensitive to ...

We may not regard hyenas as the most adorable animals, but they are both fascinating and impressive. Despite having the ...

Teeth are sensitive because they evolved from sensory tissue in both ancient vertebrates and ancient arthropods.

Teeth are good for chewing and biting, but they are also sensitive – and that may have been their original function hundreds ...

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

A new study, published on May 21 in the journal Nature, has revealed surprising information about the origins of human teeth.

A group of Canadian fossils is identified as a new genus of the elasmosaurus "sea monster" that existed tens of millions of ...

Beagles are often used in laboratory animal testing. They are considered balanced, friendly to humans, and able to endure a ...

For sure. As with humans, you can tell an ape’s age by looking at its teeth, says Erin Stromberg, primate keeper at the Smithsonian National Zoo. In fact, most mammals have two sets of teeth in ...

While arthropods have retained their sensilla, odontodes appear to be the direct precursors to teeth in animals. As the researchers compared sensilla and odontodes, they also arrived at another ...

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