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

A fully grown panda is far too formidable a foe for most ... pandas can protect themselves as well as most other bears by using their physical strength, and powerful jaws and teeth. Pandas can grow up ...

Tune in to Panda Babies: Mission Critical ... these bears—and they are true bears, according to their DNA—have the canine teeth to tear flesh and the enzymes to digest meat.

Originally regarded by zoologists as a bear, the giant panda's closer correspondence with the red panda was established in 1901, based on tooth structure and skull shape, and - then considered the ...

wolverines and panda bears. First, they tested each tooth's durability using the same sort of computer modeling that engineers use to test the strength of different materials. "Whereas you can do ...