Your teeth wouldn’t do much against a woolly mammoth. But a saber-toothed cats’ teeth — those were perfectly evolved to take down such giant prey. All animals’ teeth evolved to help them survive.

Losing your baby teeth is a strange experience. The teeth gradually loosen until they're replaced by thicker, more durable and permanent ones. But humans aren't the only animals capable of shedding ...

In the wild, teeth do much more than just help animals eat. Over time, they have turned into tools for survival– used as weapons, ornaments, and even signs of strength. Some teeth can dig through ...

When you consider animals that have a lot of teeth, sharks are likely to be the first ones that come to mind, since they can grow and shed thousands of teeth in their lifetime. However, as shocking as ...

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Long-limbed and sporting dramatic horns above its eyes, Guenther’s marsupial frog is a bizarre-looking amphibian from the misty cloud forests of the Andean slopes. Like other marsupial frogs this ...

New research shows that conodonts, extinct eel-like marine animals, possessed tooth elements sharper than those of any living vertebrate. Using high-resolution microscopy, scientists measured tip ...

Dental examination should be included in all physical examinations of rabbits because they have continuously growing teeth and are predisposed to dental disease. This column describes the procedure ...