Have you ever felt embarrassed to take off your shoes because your feet are dry and scaly? This problem usually occurs when ...

If you've ever had skin resembling fish scales, there could be several reasons behind it. Scaly skin is often characterised by skin that begins drying, cracking, and then flaking.

A genetic problem causes skin cells to build up, creating thick, dry areas that look like fish scales. Certain medicines or diseases, including kidney failure, some cancers, and HIV, can trigger it.

Salmon skin (just like salmon itself) is packed with nutrients like vitamin B and omega-3 fatty acids, but eating the scaly ...

Scaling skin, or scaly skin, occurs when the outer layer of your skin peels away in large pieces that resemble fish scales. It can happen due to allergies, infections, or skin conditions like ...

The plesiosaur's smooth and hydrodynamic skin allowed it to swim efficiently to catch fish and other squid-like animals, but its scaly flippers likely helped them move across rough sea floors by ...

Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin. This was likely so ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed adding seven species of pangolin, which are sold for their scales and meat and may have played a role in the pandemic.

Aug. 16—Psoriasis is a long-lasting skin disease. Patches of skin become scaly and inflamed. Psoriasis usually affects the scalp, elbows, and knees. But it can also appear on other parts of the ...

Is it better to be smooth or to be scaly? For fossil plesiosaurs around 183 million years ago, the answer was a bit of both. Scrutinizing some of the first soft tissues from a fossil plesiosaur in a ...