Known as the saber-toothed tiger, Smilodon was a formidable predator with long, dagger-like canine teeth. These Ice Age cats roamed the Americas and coexisted with early humans, who likely feared ...

The most widely known genus of sabre-toothed cats is Smilodon, the "sabre-toothed tiger." A large, short-limbed cat that lived in North and South America during the Pleistocene Epoch, it was about ...

Sabre teeth can be ideal for puncturing the flesh of prey, which may explain why they evolved in different groups of mammals at least five times ...

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