It took six questions before coach Todd Monken was asked something he will have to answer plenty of times over the next ...

Crack open any biology textbook, and you’ll find tidy diagrams, clean labels, and plenty of comforting facts about the human ...

Dr Aaron Holley argues that skeletal muscle — not just heart and lungs — is a key, often missed driver of activity ...

For centuries, the inability to regrow lost body parts has been considered a defining limitation of humans and other mammals. While animals like salamanders can regenerate entire limbs, humans are ...

A fossil discovery in Mistelgau, Northern Bavaria, Germany, reveals that the last representatives of the giant ichthyosaurs of the genus Temnodontosaurus survived longer in the Southwest German Basin ...

Obesity alters bone health not only through increased body weight but also by reshaping the bone marrow environment.

From the inner ear’s delicate sensors to the shape of our pelvis, human balance and movement are the products of millions of years of adaptation. Advances in genetics, anatomy, and biomechanics ...

The human skeleton has 206 bones and is divided into the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton. Your axial skeleton includes 80 bones, like those in the skull and spine, that run down the ...