Teeth are good for chewing and biting, but they are also sensitive – and that may have been their original function hundreds ...

Ever wondered why our teeth are so sensitive to pain or even just cold drinks? It might be because they first evolved for a ...

Teeth are sensitive because they evolved from sensory tissue in both ancient vertebrates and ancient arthropods.

New research from the University of Chicago reveals that teeth may have evolved from sensory armor in ancient fish.

Well, it turns out the sensitivity of our teeth which causes them to ache can be traced back to the exoskeletons of ancient armored fish. Here's NPR's Ari Daniel. ARI DANIEL, BYLINE: Yara Haridy ...

This fish must have a good dentist. A Brazilian businesswoman Paula Moreira went viral earlier this week after she shared images of a fish sporting human-like teeth. The video, which has more than ...

This menacing predator uses its long, sharp teeth as a cage to keep small fish and shrimp trapped once they’re inside its mouth. The video above, filmed by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research ...

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Our teeth evolved from the piercing “body armor” of extinct fish, which existed about 465 million years ago. The study explained how sensory tissue found within the exoskeletons of the fish ...

Can we examine the teeth of living fish and other vertebrates in detail, repeatedly over time, without harming them? Previously, small animals often had to be euthanized to obtain precise ...

Our sensitive teeth originally evolved from the "body armor" of extinct fish that lived 465 million years ago, scientists say. In a new study, the researchers showed how sensory tissue discovered ...