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Losing your baby teeth is a strange experience. The teeth gradually loosen until they’re replaced by thicker, more durable and permanent ones. But humans aren’t the only animals capable of shedding teeth. In fact, most mammals have two sets of teeth throughout their life. And reptiles, amphibians, fish and sharks…

‘Love Actually’ star will make return to UK screens for the first time in 14 years

The discovery by two local fossil hunters on a river bank in Victoria has ‘potentially far-reaching implications’, scientists say

Scientists have found the oldest-known fossil of a tadpole that wriggled 160 million years ago

Sharks have survived five extinction events over 500 million years thanks to their sensory "superpowers", but now the fish are being killed in the millions.

"The Secret History of Sharks" author John Long met with Live Science to discuss his new book, recent revelations about megalodons, and how he got over his fear of great whites.

Animals have been reproducing sexually for hundreds of millions of years, but not always like we do it.

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Trackers by Charles Frazier and Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead.

An implausible tale of a painter turned detective does little to free the novelist from the shadow of Cold Mountain