Great white sharks have a reputation for being some of the most ferocious animals in the ocean, owing in part to their mouth full of sharp, serrated teeth. Most people believe that they are born as ...

In a dry riverbed in Brazil, in a dense forest near the Amazon, a team of paleontologists found a fossilized jawbone from an ancient animal. Over the course of their fieldwork, they found eight ...

Utterly charming, otters are web-footed animals that inhabit rivers and seas around North America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Pacific. Otters are known to be intelligent and very social aquatic ...

Scientists found a 3-foot-long creature with “sharp” teeth in a river in Vietnam and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Hieu Do Quang via Unsplash In a river of southern Vietnam, a ...

The Old Town Police Department said residents should not approach the lizard if they spot the creature Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering ...

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 ...

Losing your baby teeth is a strange experience. The teeth gradually loosen until they're replaced by thicker, more durable and permanent ones. But humans aren't the only animals capable of shedding ...

Researchers believe the creature, named Nihohae matakoi, used its horizontal teeth to thrash at prey before gulping it down. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...