Looking down at her newborn son, new mom Talliya Burnside at first thought the exhaustion of labor had gotten to her when she counted six fingers. Then, Burnside became petrified there was something ...

WICHITA, Kan. - At 6 years old, Wyatt Shield is already a published author with a message to children on how to love and accept others for their differences. The Kansas native was born with 12 fingers ...

A common anatomical variation is being born with more than ten fingers or more than ten toes. Former Doctor Who actor David Tennant this week confirmed he has 11 toes. He says he was born with an ...

Scientists can now predict which single-letter changes to the DNA within our genomes will alter genetic instructions and disrupt development, leading to changes such as the growth of extra digits and ...

A girl has been born with 26 fingers and toes in India, in an unusual occurrence. The baby—born at the Kaman community health center in Deeg district of Rajasthan on Sunday—has seven fingers on each ...

While the human hand, with four fingers and opposable thumb, is pretty darn awesome, it still falls woefully short when it comes to some tasks -- such as opening a soda bottle or peeling a banana. MIT ...

Amanda Meyer is affiliated with the Australian and New Zealand Association of Clinical Anatomists, the American Association for Anatomy, and the Global Neuroanatomy Network. Alexandra Trollope does ...