Two new papers analyze fossils found in Canada and Kenya, respectively—vastly different environments for the preservation of ...

Hippos are some of the earth’s largest land animals. Their name derives from Greek when they were called “river horses,” although “river cows” might have been a better description. These ferocious ...

Proteins degrade over time, making their history hard to study. But new research has uncovered ancient proteins in the enamel ...

Just like human babies, puppies are born without teeth and develop a set of “baby” or deciduous teeth. By the time they are ...

From their forever-growing front teeth to their inflatable cheeks, there are many funny hamster facts that you (or the kids) may not have come across before. But if you’ve got some animal lovers ...

While we often imagine large predators or grazing animals when thinking of creatures with many teeth, one tiny, slow-moving being outshines them all. This unheralded creature boasts a staggering ...

Dating back to about 7500 to 2500 BCE, more than 2,000 animal teeth have been excavated from the various graves. Earlier studies focused on the symbolic and decorative roles of these ornaments in ...