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

Sabre-toothed predators -- best know from the infamous Smilodon -- evolved multiple times across different mammal groups. A new study reveals why: these teeth were 'functionally optimal' and highly ...

Sabre teeth the long, sharp, blade-like canines found in extinct predators such as Smilodon represent one of the most extreme dental adaptations in nature. They evolved at least five times throughout ...

Scientists have long puzzled over how pterosaurs became the first vertebrates to master flight. Some pterosaur species, such ...

In a mass extinction event some 40,000 years ago, Australia lost 90% of its large species. New research suggests climate ...