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 mammals, ...

Trump is more respectful of his two fellow apex predators, China and Russia (a wolf with a high risk-appetite). He placed ...

A new study reveals why: these teeth were 'functionally optimal' and highly effective at puncturing prey. Sabre-toothed predators -- best know from the infamous Smilodon - evolved multiple times ...

Traits associated with improved predation for predators and escaping predation for prey tend to be positively selected by natural selection. Predators exhibit traits such as sharp teeth ...

With the aid of the intracranial joint and other cranial muscles, the coelacanth usually swallows its prey whole. Its teeth are designed not so much to grab or slice fish but to prevent them from ...