Scientists assessed the dental tissue of 30 teeth from 10 individuals, obtaining data from canine and molar teeth to ...

A fragment of upper jaw fossil from the Early Cretaceous is among the oldest examples of a toothless amphibian in the fossil record Chihiro Kai The arid valleys of Wyoming’s Cloverly Formation are ...

Catch up on the museum discoveries you may have missed over the past few months Emma Saaty & Jack Tamisiea Smithsonian researchers rediscovered a tooth from an ancient hippo-like marine mammal in the ...

Italians began exploring a varied diet sometime between the 7th and 6th centuries BC, according to a new analysis of ancient ...

Desmostylus Tooth. Jack Tamisiea, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian researchers rediscovered a tooth from an ancient hippo-like marine mammal in the National Museum of ...

At the end of the Cretaceous Period, a type of giant reptile called mosasaurs occupied and dominated oceanic food webs. Mosasaurs had long bodies and were related to both snakes and monitor lizards.

Italians began exploring a varied diet sometime between the 7th and 6th centuries BC, according to a new analysis of ancient teeth from Iron Age Italians. Unravelling details about the lifestyles of ...

LONDON (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - Researchers at the Natural History Museum in London, King's College London and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre have identified what is now ...

Modern hyenas are known as hunters and scavengers in Asian and African ecosystems such as the savanna. But in ancient times, these powerful carnivores also roamed a very different landscape, ...

A fossil of a strange, squishy creature with a toothy tongue inside its gut has been discovered in good condition. The specimens of this bizarre mollusk-like creature were found in the Carboniferous ...