Saber-tooth predators have long fascinated scientists and the public alike, epitomized by the fearsome Smilodon. These animals evolved their iconic blade-like canines at least five independent times ...

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

Saber teeth are the crabs of the carnivore dental world, everything evolves into them, yet somehow there are none around ...

Sabre teeth can be ideal for puncturing the flesh of prey, which may explain why they evolved in different groups of mammals ...