Braces, rubber bands, even jaw surgery—millions endure them in pursuit of a straighter smile. But were misaligned smiles ...

The team recovered protein fragments from teeth found at multiple sites across Turkana, ranging in age from 1.5 to 18 million ...

Hidden beneath the waves were the teeth of a prehistoric giant. These fossils are the closest we get to touching a living legend.

For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early ...

A university student on a fossil-hunting field trip in Dorset made a stunning discovery: a 145-million-year-old jawbone ...

Researchers have sequenced proteins from an ancient rhino relative from the cold, dry Haughton crater site (shown) in the ...

This nearly-lost Megalodon tooth fossil could’ve been crushed under car tires, but we managed to spot and save it — just in time. Learn about how to identify fossils in unexpected places, and the ...

A homeowner in Scotchtown, New York discovered mastodon teeth while gardening, leading to the discovery of a fully preserved mastodon jaw. It was the first mastodon fossil found in the state in ...

A mastodon jaw fossil was found near a New York home, the first discovery of its kind in over 11 years. Michigan knows a thing or two about mastodons.

A Homeowner Found Huge, Fossil Teeth While Mowing the Lawn. Then, Excavations Revealed a Complete Mastodon Jaw The new discovery is the first of its kind in New York state for at least 11 years ...

The recently discovered mastodon tooth. Photo: New York State Museum Some people want hippopotamuses for Christmas—but a man in Scotchtown, New York, got a mastodon.