If you think that rodents are typically tiny in size and that beavers are gigantic when compared to other members of the ...

Snakes, for some, are the stuff of nightmares. For others, they’re beloved pets or fascinating research subjects. They’re ...

While all types of ancient remains are valuable to science, teeth— protected by enamel, the hardest substance in the body—are ...

In prehistoric communities across what is now northeastern Europe, decorative ornaments with animal teeth were a regular ...

Prehistoric people used a culinary method, similar to slow cooking today, to carefully extract animal teeth to use in ...

An artist's view of what the area of the Zvejnieki cemetery (northern Latvia) might have looked like when animal parts were processed in the cooking ...

The shark in ‘Jaws’ became a terrifying icon. Universal Pictures via Getty Images Gareth J. Fraser, University of Florida The ...

What is known about megalodons comes from their teeth, with more information consistently being discovered about the massive ...

Sharks are one of the oldest species of animals still alive today. While they may not be the massive megalodons that lived ...

Most carnivores have teeth to grasp and eat prey, so marine animals with teeth are not uncommon. Sharks, dolphins, eels, whales, many fish species, and marine mammals like seals and sea lions have ...

They've extracted fragments of enamel proteins from the teeth of fossils of the species Paranthropus robustus and used them ...

Surprisingly, external teeth aren’t uncommon in the animal kingdom today. Sharks, skates, and catfish all have tiny tooth-like structures called denticles lining their skin, making them feel ...