where the plates fuse and the skull becomes rigid. This leaves less room for the brain to grow, leading to developmental disabilities, and cranial and facial deformities. In the standard surgery ...

The skull's owner appears to have had a now-rare congenital deformity that probably arose through inbreeding, researchers report Monday, March, 18 in the journal PLOS ONE. [pullquote] The fossil ...

“For adult patients who unfortunately were not treated as children and have permanent skull flatness, we’ve had great success using silicone implants to better shape the skull,” Lampert sai ...

Only 24 hours of exposure to low concentrations of dispersed oil led to certain head and facial deformities in haddock so distinctive and striking that scientists referred to them as "bulldog ...