It was after many years and several careers, including shearing, orchard ownership and the police force, before Waikato ...

are among the few mammals without teeth. (A pangolin’s tongue, and the bone it is attached to, extends down through its chest.) “The beauty of some of that anatomy is so striking,” Dr ...

The project broke ground last summer and structures are now taking shape just north of Broadway, one of a handful of big ...

In the late 19th century, artists were going goth. Works like Vincent van Gogh’s Head of a Skeleton With a Burning Cigarette (1886), Edvard Munch’s By the Deathbed (1893) and Hugo Simberg’s The Garden ...

A veterinary dentist had to tackle getting around a 16-year-old aardvark's long nose to find out why she was having mouth trouble. The female mammal, named Boo, underwent the dental procedure ...

Early humans may have reached adulthood around the same age as great apes, but with a slower, human-like pattern of tooth ...

Compared to the great apes, humans have an exceptionally long childhood, during which parents, grandparents and other adults contribute to their physical and cognitive development. This is a key ...

Regarding your health, one of the most important daily habits to adhere to is brushing your teeth. That’s because this practice can remove plaque and bacteria — both of which can wreak havoc ...

[Related: The ‘granddaddy’ of all early hominins walked on Earth a lot longer than we thought.] Fossil teeth can help us ...

Here’s our latest suggestion: We know it can be a little gross. But brushing in the middle of the day—even when you’re at work—can do your teeth a favor.

Professional teeth whitening, while effective, doesn't come cheap. If you're not keen on spending a few hundred dollars on treatment, there are a lot of at-home teeth whitening products for a DIY ...