For nearly 30 million years, a 2,000-pound beast known as the entelodont ruled a sweeping empire from Mongolia to what is now ...

Sabre teeth were last seen in Smilodon, often called sabre-toothed tigers, which existed until about 10,000 years ago. To investigate why these teeth kept re-evolving, Tahlia Pollock at the ...

The curved teeth of the saber-tooth tiger represents an evolutionary paradox. Gaining its trademark curved fangs made it functionally optimal for piercing the flesh of its prey. But that level of ...

Functional optimality underpins the repeated evolution of the extreme “saber-tooth” morphology. Current Biology , 2025; DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.11.059 Cite This Page : ...

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 ...

A mechanical analysis of the distinctive canines of California's saber-toothed cat (Smilodon fatalis) suggests that the baby tooth that preceded each saber stayed in place for years to stabilize ...

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 ...