One moment, a Bay Area surfer was paddling off the coast of Montara State Beach on a Saturday afternoon. The next, he was suddenly thrown from his board, face-to-face with a shark.

Mason Kirkland shows the root canal system and teeth from the maxilla of a mastodon he and James Gregory discovered in an unmapped creek in West Feliciana Parish.

A study explored a distinctive facial feature seen in the Habsburg family, known as the 'Habsburg jaw', and found that it was exacerbated by too much gene sharing among the inbred family members ...

Horrifying inbreeding led to incurable defect in royal family The Habsburgs ruled vast swathes of Europe for more than 200 years but the dynasty became known for its inbreeding as well as its ...

A small upper jaw was notably present in five family members: Maximilian I, his daughter Margaret of Austria, his nephew Charles I, Charles' great-grandson Philip IV, and Charles II.

The regions of interest were trabecular bone of the incisive foramen, and trabecular bone of the maxillary tuberosity. To analyze the maxillary tuberosity, fifteen consecutive sections without ...

How are they biting? High speed video reveals unexpected jaw movements in reef fish Date: May 5, 2025 Source: University of California - Davis Summary: Some reef fish have the unexpected ability ...

Alligator with a missing upper jaw is shown scarfing down a meal at Gatorland in Orlando, Florida, video shows.

OSTEOMYELITIS of the superior maxilla in early infancy gives rise to a train of symptoms and signs, which may be categorized as a syndrome. The condition is rare, but it is adequately described in ...

Head and neck irradiation with doses ≥50 Gy to the maxilla and/or mandible (ie, jaw) leads to increased risk of ORN development. To mitigate this risk, advanced radiation planning techniques such as ...

Maxillary sinus cancer is a rare form of cancer that develops near the nose. It can be very aggressive and symptoms may include facial lumps and pain or a decreased ability to smell.

A jawbone from eastern China that displays both modern and archaic features could represent a new branch of the human family tree ...