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Teeth: hard, calcified structures found in the mouth of many vertebrates. Primary purpose is for breaking down food. Some carnivores use teeth for hunting or for defensive purposes.
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NOV 22, 2016Videos
Humans typically have 20 baby teeth and 32 adult permanent teeth. Considering that some animals have only one set of tee ...NOV 18, 2016Videos
For some animals that don't have sharp teeth or claws, or other types of classic defense mechanisms, evolution has helpe ...OCT 29, 2016Plants & Animals
Biologists have long been stumped while thinking about where jaw evolution may have begun with life on Earth. One of the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 13, 2016Plants & Animals
A man’s recent encounter with an unmerciful grizzly bear who attacked him twice, despite having self-defense measu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 07, 2016Plants & Animals
The origin of teeth in the evolutionary mystery of the world’s animal timeline is very much a mystery. We know ani ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 06, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Recent work in the Journal of Molecular Biology has described how advances in technology and biology could produce a thr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 05, 2016Microbiology
Microorganisms frequently attach to a surface and begin to grow into a colony called a biofilm in which cells stick to e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 29, 2016Plants & Animals
After unearthing a mammoth skull just off the coast of California, archaeologists were stumped by some unusual character ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 28, 2016Plants & Animals
It’s long been thought that mammals are the only kinds of animals that even bother to chew their food starting in ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 14, 2016Plants & Animals
Some people go above and beyond the call of duty to help their pets when they get injured, and in the case of a cute lit ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 12, 2016Videos
With all the talk about global food shortages, why haven't we turned our attention to grass? After all, grass is edible, ...AUG 26, 2016Neuroscience
JUPITER, FL – August 26, 2016 – While calcium’s importance for our bones and teeth is well known, its ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)AUG 01, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Much like the bacteria that build plaque in your teeth, bacteria can colonize medical implants as slimy films that cause ...JUL 30, 2016Videos
Sharks are vital to maintaining the marine ecosystem. Yet, many people are afraid of them and hold a lot of misconceptio ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJUL 27, 2016Plants & Animals
In June of 2014, a strange beaked whale-like carcass washed up on the shore of Alaska’s Bering Sea, just out of th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 22, 2016Videos
About 71 percent of Earth's surface is covered by water and it holds many of the world's most fascinating mysteries. The ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJUL 11, 2016Videos
Adding fluoride to public water supplies has been standardized in the United States since the 1940s. But decades after w ...JUN 17, 2016Videos
Spit, saliva, drool - no matter what you call it, if it's not yours, it will more than likely gross you out. Of course, ...JUN 14, 2016Videos
Because 450 million years ago was so long ago, there is virtually no definite way of recreating what creatures from that ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 07, 2016Plants & Animals
A 23-year-old woman who was trying to enjoy a day at the beach in Boca Raton last month was hospitalized for something s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 28, 2016Plants & Animals
It’s not every day that you see a beaked whale. These creatures like to swim around in the deeper realms of the oc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 18, 2016Plants & Animals
Sumatran Rhinos are very rare creatures and there are only thought to be about 100 left in the wilderness today. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 13, 2016Plants & Animals
Dentist trips are never fun, but fortunately you don’t have teeth the size of an elephant, which are significantly ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 09, 2016Plants & Animals
Indonesia’s infamous Surabaya Zoo, which has been coined the ‘Death Zoo’ because of the high fatality ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
NOV 22, 2016
Videos
Humans typically have 20 baby teeth and 32 adult permanent teeth. Considering that some animals have only one set of tee
...
NOV 18, 2016
Videos
For some animals that don't have sharp teeth or claws, or other types of classic defense mechanisms, evolution has helpe
...
OCT 29, 2016
Plants & Animals
Biologists have long been stumped while thinking about where jaw evolution may have begun with life on Earth. One of the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 13, 2016
Plants & Animals
A man’s recent encounter with an unmerciful grizzly bear who attacked him twice, despite having self-defense measu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 07, 2016
Plants & Animals
The origin of teeth in the evolutionary mystery of the world’s animal timeline is very much a mystery. We know ani
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 06, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Recent work in the Journal of Molecular Biology has described how advances in technology and biology could produce a thr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2016
Microbiology
Microorganisms frequently attach to a surface and begin to grow into a colony called a biofilm in which cells stick to e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 29, 2016
Plants & Animals
After unearthing a mammoth skull just off the coast of California, archaeologists were stumped by some unusual character
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 28, 2016
Plants & Animals
It’s long been thought that mammals are the only kinds of animals that even bother to chew their food starting in
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 14, 2016
Plants & Animals
Some people go above and beyond the call of duty to help their pets when they get injured, and in the case of a cute lit
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 12, 2016
Videos
With all the talk about global food shortages, why haven't we turned our attention to grass? After all, grass is edible,
...
AUG 26, 2016
Neuroscience
JUPITER, FL – August 26, 2016 – While calcium’s importance for our bones and teeth is well known, its
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
AUG 01, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Much like the bacteria that build plaque in your teeth, bacteria can colonize medical implants as slimy films that cause
...
JUL 30, 2016
Videos
Sharks are vital to maintaining the marine ecosystem. Yet, many people are afraid of them and hold a lot of misconceptio
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JUL 27, 2016
Plants & Animals
In June of 2014, a strange beaked whale-like carcass washed up on the shore of Alaska’s Bering Sea, just out of th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 22, 2016
Videos
About 71 percent of Earth's surface is covered by water and it holds many of the world's most fascinating mysteries. The
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JUL 11, 2016
Videos
Adding fluoride to public water supplies has been standardized in the United States since the 1940s. But decades after w
...
JUN 17, 2016
Videos
Spit, saliva, drool - no matter what you call it, if it's not yours, it will more than likely gross you out. Of course,
...
JUN 14, 2016
Videos
Because 450 million years ago was so long ago, there is virtually no definite way of recreating what creatures from that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 07, 2016
Plants & Animals
A 23-year-old woman who was trying to enjoy a day at the beach in Boca Raton last month was hospitalized for something s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 28, 2016
Plants & Animals
It’s not every day that you see a beaked whale. These creatures like to swim around in the deeper realms of the oc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 18, 2016
Plants & Animals
Sumatran Rhinos are very rare creatures and there are only thought to be about 100 left in the wilderness today.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 13, 2016
Plants & Animals
Dentist trips are never fun, but fortunately you don’t have teeth the size of an elephant, which are significantly
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 09, 2016
Plants & Animals
Indonesia’s infamous Surabaya Zoo, which has been coined the ‘Death Zoo’ because of the high fatality
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard