Sharks, skates and catfish also have tooth-like structures called denticles that make their skin feel like sandpaper. When Haridy studied the tissues of her catfish, she saw that the denticles were ...

Anyone who has ever squirmed through a dental cleaning can tell you how sensitive teeth can be. This sensitivity gives ...

Paleontologists have discovered a new species, albeit a very old new species. The fossilized creature, which they are calling ...

Most people picture the time of dinosaurs as a steamy, tropical world. But during the Late Cretaceous period, northern Alaska ...

Yes, this thing is for real. Aptly nicknamed the “bone collector,” the larva haunts a six-square-mile patch of Oahu’s Wai‘anae Mountains, lurking exclusively in spider webs and disguising ...

Yet some of the most impressive hunting capabilities exist in unlikely places – including beneath the water’s surface where several fish species possess jaws powerful enough to crush and slice through ...

Yet some of the most impressive hunting capabilities exist in unlikely places – including beneath the water’s surface where several fish species possess jaws powerful enough to crush and slice through ...

Next up for the researchers is to further examine the microscopic anatomy—known as histology—of the Kryoryctes humerus using other methods. "We know that bone histology can say a lot about how ...

Along with beds of shells and millions of fish bones, researchers discovered the fossil of a prehistoric megalodon. Most high schoolers only get to study fossils through textbooks and videos.

U.S. Department of Agriculture. Fish, salmon, pink, canned. Zhang J, Parsons C, Fuggle N, Ward KA, Cooper C, Dennison E. Is Regular Weight-Bearing Physical Activity Throughout the Lifecourse ...

I grew up in a seafood-loving household, so I’m no stranger when it comes to indulging in fish, shrimp, crab and anything else that comes fresh out of the sea. I’ve loved (and continue to love ...