When we think of prehistoric predators, one of the most iconic creatures that comes to mind is the saber-toothed tiger, ...

Saber teeth such as those that belonged to apex Ice Age predators were superbly shaped for puncturing prey and subduing them, ...

Learn how a variety of tooth shapes drove evolution across multiple kinds of mammals.

Sabre-toothed predators – best know from the infamous Smilodon – evolved multiple times across different mammal groups. A new ...

Saber teeth — the large canines — are pretty fearsome. These fangs have evolved at least five times in predators that are now extinct, but there's been something of a mystery as to why.

Saber-tooth fangs acted like an “evolutionary ratchet,” ensuring the hunting prowess of animals but limiting their ...

With no living representatives, scientists have long debated how these predators used their fearsome teeth, and why this extreme tooth shape evolved so often. Our new study, published today in Current ...

Such teeth have independently evolved in different groups of mammals at least five times, and fossils of sabre-tooth predators have been found in North and South America, Europe and Asia.

"The only feline species that was threatened at this level was the sabre tooth tiger thousands of years ago," said Rodrigo ...

Well, this is a story of a celebrity animal. Researchers are asking, whatever happened to the saber-toothed tiger? Kids learn in school about those tigers with canine teeth - the long, pointy ones ...

Sabre-toothed predators once roamed ecosystems around the globe. Their fossils have been found in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. The feature that defines them are their sabres ...