The toothlike structures represent a step toward bioengineered replacements for dental implants, say researchers behind the ...

R esearchers have developed a way to grow human-sized tooth-like tissues in the mouths of pigs – this may be a lot to chew on ...

For the past two decades, scientists have been manipulating genes to grow human cells where you wouldn’t quite expect them.

The new study revealed that the ancient jaw named SK 15 was originally unearthed in 1949 in a South African cave known as ...

This complex microbial dance seems to have a really important role in our health. Oral diseases and even oral cancers have ...

A 1.4 million-year-old fossil jaw belongs to a previously unknown human relative from southern Africa, a new study finds. The ...

A 1.4-million-year-old fossil jaw discovered in a South African cave in 1949 has now been identified as that of a previously ...

Paranthropus capensis, a “gorilla-like” human relative that lived in southern Africa some 1.4 million years ago. A new study focuses on a hominin jawbone known as SK 15 that was unearthed in 1949 at ...

With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since ...

Witness accounts noted in the study claim the saint had struck his head when a tree had fallen on his way to Naples, Italy.

A horse's tooth color may be quite different than your own, but it doesn't necessarily mean there's a problem.

Insights from probing the shock-absorbing layer within the crustacean’s club-like claw could inspire the design of tough new ...