It's rare, but a trip to the beach in Florida can end up with a shark bite − or a bite from a toothy sea creature. When this happens, people are likely to ask, "what bit you?" Specifically, they're ...

Our evolutionary history bears the bite marks of our teeth. And not just on our outcrop of the mammalian divergence, but across a vast range of animals, extinct and extant, backboned and not, ...

It can be easy to take our teeth for granted until something goes wrong. Our teeth play a major role in our ability to eat and digest food, and can affect our overall health. Adults typically have 32 ...

Bull sharks (Carcharhinus Leucas) are one of the ocean’s most fearsome creatures. Although some animals may prey on bull sharks, such as crocodiles, killer whales, and the occasional great white shark ...

Show the zoologist Bill Schutt what your mouth looks like, and he’ll tell you who you are. By Sam Kean Sam Kean is the author of six books on science history, including “The Icepick Surgeon” and “The ...