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

The Siberian ice holds unsuspected secrets. In 2020, an exceptional discovery was made near the Badyarikha River: that of a baby saber-toothed tiger, frozen in time for nearly 36,000 years.

An curved arrow pointing right. Paleontologists have discovered the first saber-toothed tiger paw prints. The fossilized prints date back 50,000 years and were discovered in Argentina. Produced by ...

They would have shared the state with other giants, like ground sloths, and even saber-tooth tigers. "There are those who hypothesize that they were using those large teeth to perform some sort of ...

An array of sabertooth teeth from Dinofelis, Lokotunjailurus, and Adeilosmilus CREDIT iScience Jiangzuo et al. A sabertooth tiger family tree CREDIT iScience Jiangzuo et al.

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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 ...