(Close-up of a shark with sharp teeth. Credit: GIOVANNI NITTI / Shutterstock.) Shark teeth are a marvel of evolution. They are so sharp that many island cultures once used them as weapons and tools to ...

Fossils unearthed along Victoria’s Surf Coast have led to the discovery of an ancient whale species with special adaptations for hunting, including large eyes and sharp teeth, shedding light on early ...

Piranhas belong to a family of bony fish characterized by highly developed dentition. They’re cousins to the pacu fish, which has dentition eerily similar to human teeth. Unlike pacu teeth, which are ...

Whales are mighty. Blue whales, for example, aren’t only the largest animal on Earth, but as far as we know, they’re the largest animal that’s ever existed on Earth—and that includes dinosaurs.

Named for its razor-like teeth, Novaculadon mirabilis came from a rodent-like order that outlived the dinosaur extinction before vanishing about 30 million years ago. By Sara Novak Around 145 million ...

The animal lovers at ZooEarthTV show wild otters expertly using their sharp teeth to crack open and enjoy crunchy crab meals.

You probably don’t think much about teeth until a dentist brings them up. But across the animal kingdom, tooth counts can get wild fast. Some sharks go through thousands in a lifetime. Slugs carry ...