In the history of teeth, perhaps no tooth is as famous as the saber tooth. These long, blade-like canines seem almost perfectly optimized to kill prey. They've evolved at least five times in mammals, ...

In the history of teeth, perhaps no tooth is as famous as the saber tooth. These long, blade-like canines seem almost perfectly optimized to kill prey. They've evolved at least five times in ...

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When we think of prehistoric predators, one of the most iconic creatures that comes to mind is the saber-toothed tiger, scientifically known as Smilodon. Often depicted in popular media and ...

It’s been thirty years since Disney released one of its most iconic animated movies, The Lion King (1994). The movie tells the story of Simba, a lion cub who is excited to become king ...

Fossil of Mosasaurs marine reptile. Image by Roland Tanglao from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons In ...

A partial skull of an ancient fish was found in the New Mexico desert, officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A “demon-toothed” sea creature with “large, well-spaced fangs” has been ...

Saber-toothed predators are the poster animals of prehistoric times, dominating the spotlight in countless narratives of Earth’s history. Among them, the infamous Smilodon stands out as one of the ...

The curved teeth of the saber-tooth tiger represents an evolutionary paradox. Gaining its trademark curved fangs made it functionally optimal for piercing the flesh of its prey. But that level of ...