Unique Bone Structure Helped Long-Necked Pterosaurs Fly Bicycle wheel-like spokes connected the vertebrae’s central column to its outer surface, offering serious strength ...

It's no coincidence that our bodies feel a little creakier as we age. The trillions of cells that make up our skeleton age too, and some change in ways that weaken the very structure of our bones.

A unique collaboration between paleontologists, mechanical engineers and biomedical engineers revealed that the trabecular bone structure of hadrosaurs and several other dinosaurs is uniquely ...

Find out what you need to know about the tibia. Discover the common conditions that affect this bone and how they may affect health.

Find out what you need to know about hands and wrists, and discover their functions and common injuries.

The thyroid cartilage is a cartilage structure that sits above the thyroid gland in front of the larynx. Learn more about its structure and function.

Even after a year of recovery in Earth’s gravity, astronauts who’d been in space six months or more still had bone loss equal to a decade of aging.