BHOPAL: Vatsala, perhaps the oldest elephant on Earth, breathed her last on Tuesday afternoon, following age-related health issues at Madhya Pradesh’s Panna Tig ...

WASHINGTON - Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms ...

“Ancient DNA has produced a revolution in our understanding of recent human origins,” said Daniel Green, field program ...

One study is of enamel proteins from extinct mammal fossils from the Turkana Basin in Kenya, and the other study is of enamel proteins from extinct mammals in the Haughton impact crater site located ...

Scientists have created a near-copy of the long-extinct dire wolf. Using advanced CRISPR gene editing tech, it now looks ...

After a decade of The Far Side being one of the most popular newspaper cartoons of all time, Larson had perfected his craft ...

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

The oldest protein fragments ever recovered have been extracted from fossilised teeth found in Kenya's Rift Valley, revealing ...

The balance of different varieties of atoms inside a person’s teeth can reveal a week-by-week record of rainfall and protein ...

Scientists have shed new light on the rhino family tree after recovering a protein sequence from a fossilized tooth from more ...

A new fossil study reveals that teeth began as skin sensors, helping explain why modern teeth still react painfully to cold ...

Teeth deep cleaning, or periodontal scaling and root planing, is a common procedure that treats gum disease by removing bacteria above and below the gumline. It may prevent future tooth loss ...