Stellenbosch University (SU) student Rohan Barnard was out on a farm in the Swartberg Mountains between Calitzdorp and Oudtshoorn, flipping over rocks looking for ants, reptiles and other critters, ...

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

Little did Barnard know at the time that he had just discovered a new species of velvet worm, now fittingly named Rohan’s ...

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

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

Ever wondered why our teeth are so sensitive to pain or even just cold drinks? It might be because they first evolved for a ...

New research from the University of Chicago shows that dentine, the inner layer of teeth that transmits sensory information to nerves inside the pulp, first evolved as sensory tissue in the armoured ...

A predator that swam Earth's oceans more than half a billion years ago is unlike any creature that lives on our planet today.

Animal life, emerging nearly 600 million years ago, showcases incredible diversity and unique traits. Unlike plants, animals ...

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

Hundreds of millions of years ago, fish had sensory features on their exoskeletons that contained dentine, the material that makes our teeth sensitive today ...