They are located to the side of (lateral to) the temporal lobes of the brain’s cerebral cortex. The temporal bones ensure ...

Crocodilian facial nerves are much more sensitive than humans. This allows the crocodile to detect minute disruptions in water as they hunt for prey or search for a mate. Disclaimer: AAAS and ...

Erich was carrying a human skull on ... while studying anatomy in college. Julie believed him. It would be about two years before she would learn the awful truth about both the bones and the ...

It's the 12th cranial nerve, and it helps you speak, swallow, and move food and liquid around in your mouth. Damage to this ...

Forty years ago, only a few well-preserved remains of New World monkeys had been found on the Caribbean islands of Hispaniola ...

Researchers have discovered new fossils of the extinct Caribbean monkey Antillothrix bernensis in the Dominican Republic. The ...

Unlike with rams and rhinos, the screamer’s horn doesn’t seem to be a weapon, because it is only loosely attached to the skull ... anatomy below the surface. Inside their bones and skin ...

Researchers at UTHealth Houston have been awarded an $8.1 million grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to examine skeletal stem cells as potential drivers of craniofacial bone diseases and ...

Gingerich was searching for a key bit of the creature's anatomy ... Pakistan found a skull about the size of a wolf's but with prominent—and very unwolflike—sails of bone at the top and ...

In one way or another, Ubisoft had been working towards Skull and Bones ever since 2012, and the launch of Assassin’s Creed 3. The sailing and naval combat sequences of Connor Kenway’s ...

The bone can rapidly deteriorate if it's not preserved. To keep it healthy, the surgeon implanted part of Smith's skull in her abdomen, just under her skin. There, Smith's immune system could help ...

Darla Drake, aka the Duchess of Death, aka the Creature of Clear Creek, and one of the most feared monsters on the planet, ...