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

Known as the saber-toothed tiger, Smilodon was a formidable predator with long, dagger-like canine teeth. These Ice Age cats roamed the Americas and coexisted with early humans, who likely feared ...

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

Saber-toothed predators—best known from the infamous Smilodon—evolved multiple times across different mammal groups. A study titled "Functional optimality underpins the repeated evolution of ...

Smilodon, also known as the saber-toothed cat or less accurately the saber-toothed tiger, has earned a place among the past’s most terrifying hunters, along with T-Rex and Megalodon. If ...

Those advantages helped saber-toothed cats, including Smilodon, to become apex predators ... whatever happened to the saber-toothed tiger? Kids learn in school about those tigers with canine ...

They've evolved at least five times in mammals, most notably in the saber-tooth cat Smilodon, who sported serrated sabers that could measure nearly one foot long. But behind the fearsome ...