“Early humans used chewing sticks, twigs, bird feathers, animal bones, and plant fibers to remove debris from their teeth,” ...

Baleen whales don’t have teeth. Instead, they use baleen, a filtering system that lets the largest animals on Earth feed on ...

When we think of survival in the wild, sharp teeth and powerful jaws comes to mind. But nature has its own surprises. Some ...

The animals' extended lower jaws were seemingly made for scooping, but research over the past few decades has found they ...

The human chin is one of evolution’s strangest quirks. Unlike other primates, we alone have a protruding bony point beneath ...

The Hispaniolan solenodon, a shrew-like creature of the Caribbean, has toxic venom and a long nose that maneuvers like a ...

Venom is one of nature’s most effective (and fascinating) survival tools. Across the world, a wide range of animals have ...

Orcas are born with powerful bodies and sharp teeth, but they are not born knowing how to hunt. Here’s why they depend so ...

Evolution is usually a masterpiece of efficiency, but every once in a while, it feels like the natural world ran out of resources and had to finish a project using whatever leftovers were in the bin.

When the Chicxulub impactor hit, the animals that had the best chance of surviving turned out to be those with wings. See how new finds are reshaping the story of how birds evolved.

Lemurs are known for their social grooming, but their best grooming tool is their tongue. Below their main tongue lies the sublingua—a stiff, secondary “tongue” used specifically to clean their ...

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