It occurs due to changes in genes that control how the hands and feet form during pregnancy. It is called polydactyly, means ...

When Kristi Pelegrin gave birth to her son Cooper, she thought her son’s father was joking when he said the baby was healthy with 10 fingers and 12 toes. He wasn’t kidding. She was even more shocked, ...

Polydactyly in dogs is a medical condition where a dog is born with an extra toe. Usually, the extra toe primarily consists of soft tissue. Thankfully, dogs with an extra toe can usually lead totally ...

Polydactyly is the term for when someone has extra digits, or fingers or toes. It usually means that a baby is born with at least six fingers on one or both hands or six toes on one or both feet. It's ...

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 ...