Blood cells (stock illustration). "HSCs are one of the best therapeutic tools at our disposal because they can make any blood cell in the body. Potentially we could use these cells in many more ways than current transplantation strategies...
This is a virtual section through the tooth plate of Romundina stellina, with colors gold through purple indicating the first up to the final tooth addition.
Credit: Martin Rücklin, Naturalis Biodiversity Center
The tooth plate of just some millimeters in size...
Life reconstruction of Qilinyu along with Guiyu and Entelognathus in Silurian waters.
Credit: Dinghua Yang
Where did our jaws come from? The question is more complicated than it seems, because not all jaws are the same. In a new article, published...
Harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena.
Credit: © Colette / Fotolia
Seven oceanographic research vessels and three light aircraft from the SCANSII Project have recorded the abundance and distribution of small cetaceans in the waters of the European Atlantic shelf. Their results reveal...
Skimmer porpoise reconstruction. Scientists have identified a new species of ancient porpoise with a chin length unprecedented among known mammals, and suggest the animal used the tip of its face to probe the seabed for food.Credit: Bobby Boessenecker
Millions of...
Digital, 3-D reconstructions show the skulls -- including the jaws -- of the roughly 15-pound common otter Lutra lutra (left), and the roughly 110-pound Siamogale melilutra, a giant prehistoric otter with a surprisingly powerful bite (right).
Credit: Z. Jack Tseng
A...
Ottoia Teeth by Tom Harvey.
Credit: Tom Harvey
A new study of teeth belonging to a particularly phallic-looking creature has led to the compilation of a prehistoric 'dentist's handbook' which may aid in the identification of previously unrecognised specimens from the...
Chimps (stock image). Chimpanzees have almost the same personality traits as humans, and they are structured almost identically.
Credit: © Kletr / Fotolia
Chimpanzees have almost the same personality traits as humans, and they are structured almost identically, according to new...
A novel gene defect that causes a hereditary blistering disorder of the skin, epidermolysis bullosa, was identified in dogs.
Credit: Hannes Lohi research group
Researchers at the University of Helsinki have identified a novel gene defect that causes a hereditary blistering...
Cockatoo selects the right key to insert into the keyhole shape for a reward of a nut.
Credit: Copyright Bene Croy
The Goffin's cockatoo is not a specialised tool user in the wild but has shown the capacity to invent and...
The cockatoos can cut out elongated tools of a cardboard to rake pieces of food.
Credit: Bene Croy
Tool manufacture was once regarded a defining feature of humankind, but it is now known that a variety of animal species use and...
