Whether you’re talking about sharks, crocodiles, lions, or even velociraptors, some of the most fearsome traits of these predators involve their rows of sharp, crushing, or jagged teeth. Only ...

New research shows that conodonts, extinct eel-like marine animals, possessed tooth elements sharper than those of any living vertebrate. Using high-resolution microscopy, scientists measured tip ...

An extinct primitive marine vertebrate had the sharpest dental structures ever known -- with tips just one-twentieth of the width of a human hair, but able to apply pressures that could compete easily ...

Nature has a strange sense of drama. Some animals look like they stepped out of a horror movie, yet they are among the most ...

When you consider animals that have a lot of teeth, sharks are likely to be the first ones that come to mind, since they can grow and shed thousands of teeth in their lifetime. However, as shocking as ...