Sensory features on the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish may be the reason why humans have teeth that are sensitive to ...

New research from the University of Chicago reveals that teeth may have evolved from sensory armor in ancient fish.

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

Ikaria wariootia existed during the Ediacaran period, a period of time prior to the renowned Cambrian explosion.

Sharks, skates and catfish also have tooth-like structures called denticles that make their skin feel like sandpaper. When ...

A newly described species from the Burgess Shale had three eyes, clawed limbs, and a tail full of gills—plus internal organs preserved in stunning detail.

New research shows that dentine, the inner layer of teeth that transmits sensory information to nerves inside the pulp, first evolved as sensory tissue in the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish.

Paleontologists have discovered fossils of a 506 million-year-old tiny three-eyed predator nicknamed the “sea moth,” ...

Stellenbosch University (SU) student Rohan Barnard was out on a farm in the Swartberg Mountains between Calitzdorp and ...

The decor of the Sudbury Outpatient Centre of Health Sciences North has changed, thanks to a new mural called Change. Change is comprised of two panels covering 18 square metres of space on two walls ...

Paleontologists have discovered a three-eyed creature with a pencil sharpener-like mouth that roamed the sea for prey more ...

The fossils found in the Burgess Shale, located within the Canadian Rockies, represent a wide range of animals from the end of the Cambrian Period, when life diversified on a large scale.