A new analysis suggests saber teeth were highly specialized for puncturing prey, ultimately at the cost of durability.
Scientists in Russia have made an extraordinary discovery in the northeast of the country: a perfectly preserved body of a saber-toothed tiger cub from 32,000 years ago. Remarkably, the animal ...
Analysis - Sabre teeth - the long, sharp, blade-like canines found in extinct predators such as Smilodon - represent one of the most extreme dental adaptations in nature. They evolved at least five ...