Only a handful of mammals can regrow teeth multiple times, compared to the 50,000 species of reptiles and fish. Take geckos, for example, who will replace all 100 teeth, or so, every 3 to 4 months.

Mammal teeth eventually became so diverse in shape and so distinctive that paleontologists often tell the difference between ...

Meat eating animals have teeth like this, for slicing and ripping. You should try giving him a steak. Carnivores and herbivores have different types of teeth, to suit the type of food they eat.

and to work out the evolutionary history of each species. The jaws of a house cat are more lion- than wolf-like, for example. The teeth of horses and zebras look alike. The ear bones of mammals ...

they analysed the shape and performance of 95 different carnivorous mammal teeth, including 25 sabre-toothed species. Lead author Dr Tahlia Pollock, part of the Palaeobiology Research Group in ...

Because mammals are warm blooded ... and compared both between species, and within species between individuals with differently worn teeth. And, at given stages of wear, dental topography has ...

The ratios of strontium isotopes in fossil shark teeth can be used to better understand how coastal environments evolved in ...

Bats in the noctilionoid group, like Darwin’s finches, have evolved an impressive variety of jaw and tooth adaptations to ...

More than half of all mammal species are rodents, a group that includes squirrels, hamsters, mice and guinea pigs. Rodents have long, sharp front teeth that they use for biting and gnawing.

they analysed the shape and performance of 95 different carnivorous mammal teeth, including 25 sabre-toothed species. Lead author Dr Tahlia Pollock, part of the Palaeobiology Research Group in ...