The sometimes uncomfortable sensations we feel in our teeth may be an evolutionary holdover from the scaly exteriors of ...

Spending time catching and enjoying fresh fish is a simple and magical experience, but to truly be a part of it you need to ...

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 ...

Though scientists don’t yet know how clownfish shrink, one idea is that they could be reabsorbing their own bone matter. It’s possible the smaller stature may help the clownfish save energy during a ...

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

In addition, it includes two very well-worn subjects of debate, the question of the 153 fish and Jesus’ threefold question and answer with Peter about love, both of which I have written about ...

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.