Narrator: Lions have them, hippos have them, and even you and I have them: canines, those long, pointy front teeth. They're actually the longest teeth in the human mouth. So what are these long, sharp ...

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 ...

Like all onscreen dentition, animated teeth test our suspension of disbelief: How real do we expect them to look, and how real do they actually look? Designs too lifelike risk reading as too much — ...

Don’t Let the Cuteness Fool You—These 5 Dog Breeds Have Shark-Like Teeth, Experts Say originally appeared on Parade Pets. It's no secret that the re-release of the original Jaws movie is headed to a ...

In the history of teeth, perhaps no tooth is as famous as the saber tooth. These long, blade-like canines seem almost perfectly optimized to kill prey. They've evolved at least five times in mammals, ...

Piranhas are notorious for their razor-sharp teeth, but a new study of the dangerous fish has surprised researchers, revealing just how remarkable their teeth actually are. The research notes that the ...

Teeth help animals bite and chew food. Meat-eating carnivores tend to have sharp teeth to sink into their prey, while herbivores tend to have flatter teeth to grind down their plant-based meals. Some ...