The Skeletal System

2,000 years ago, a ragtag group of Germanic tribesmen was slaughtered in battle. How they were buried has archaeologists turning their heads.

When this soldier lost her left ear in a car crash, Army surgeons helped her grow a new one — on her forearm.

A rare oyster-shucking hazard.

Losing a hand should have killed him. Instead, it made him an even bigger badass.

A chilling skeleton in Italy shows a mother who gave birth after she and her baby were already dead.

Scientists have decoded a genetic explanation for an "alien" skeleton.

Simply put, your body can't turn fat into muscle. And the reverse is also true: Your body can't turn muscle into fat, either. Here's why.

By analyzing what's left of an ice age grave site, researchers determined that a human skeleton could be up to 13,000 years old, making it "one of the oldest human skeletons from America."