Bottlenose Dolphins have up to 250 teeth, ideal for catching prey. Garden Snails possess around 14,000 microscopic teeth arranged on a ribbon-like tongue called a radula. Purple Sea Urchins have five ...

Fossils of tiny, jawless marine animals reveal tooth structures sharper than sharks or steel, forcing scientists to rethink ...

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The origin of teeth in the evolutionary mystery of the world’s animal timeline is very much a mystery. We know animals haven’t had teeth since the dawn of time, but what we don’t know exactly when ...

Can we examine the teeth of living fish and other vertebrates in detail, repeatedly over time, without harming them? Previously, small animals often had to be euthanized to obtain precise information, ...

A new study has revealed a chain mail-like woven microstructure that gives parrotfish teeth their remarkable ability to chomp on coral all day long - the structure could serve as a blueprint for ...

A new analysis of one of the most bizarre-looking fossils ever discovered has definitively sorted its head from its tail, and turned up a previously unknown ring of teeth, which could help answer some ...

For tens of millions of years, whales have been a part of the oceans. Because of this, it would be easy to believe that ...

In nature, teeth are considered to be synonymous with survival-hunting, defence, or consuming. However, numerous animals have adapted to be toothless. These toothless wonders resort to innovative ...