A new analysis suggests saber teeth were highly specialized for puncturing prey, ultimately at the cost of durability.

Saber teeth such as those that belonged to ... combined with their owners’ extinction. It’s clear that anything that long and sharp could be very handy for subduing prey.

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 ...