For more than 100,000 years, coastal communities have harvested abalone (genus Haliotis). These gastropods, which are found ...

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

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

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

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.

A new study from the University of Chicago suggests our sensitive teeth may be an evolutionary leftover that once helped our ...

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.

A newly discovered arthropod fossil, Mosura fentoni, has preserved eyes, nerves, and blood vessels - a rare insight into ...

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

More than 500 million years before “The Simpsons” introduced us to Blinky, a fish with an extra eye swimming through ...

Scientists have uncovered a remarkable fossil from Canada's Burgess Shale, a discovery that reshapes how the evolution of ...

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