“Mammoth teeth are different from mastodon teeth,” Davis said. “That’s just the smoking gun. Once you see that, you know it’s one or the other.” ...

Proteins degrade over time, making their history hard to study. But new research has uncovered ancient proteins in the enamel ...

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

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

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

While fossil hunting in a riverbed, a large and well-preserved megalodon shark tooth was recovered underwater. This video documents the search, highlights identifying features of megalodon teeth, and ...

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

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