A pivotal wrist bone in birds appears earlier in theropods. This could shift views on how flight evolved. An analysis of two ...

The discovery, in a bizarre animal not closely related to birds, could change how scientists think about the origin of ...

Called osteoderms, the chain mail-like plates may have helped some species adapt to Australia’s harsh environment ...

Neanderthals at Neumark-Nord, Germany, systematically transported and processed the bones of at least 172 large mammals to extract nutrient-rich "bone grease" nearly 125,000 years ago. This ...

Bone age estimation from hand wrist radiographs is a standard procedure for assessing skeletal maturity in pediatric radiology. This is needed for monitoring growth disorders due to disease or ...

A group of North Texas doctors and scientists printed part of a human femur—the longest and strongest bone in the body—that mimics the strength, flexibility and overall mechanics of a real ...