This brown, fuzzy critter with its distinctive orange buck teeth may look cute, but it's causing all sorts of trouble — in ...

The omnivorous deer mouse uses its sharp incisors to gnaw through the hard coats and seeds and the chitinous exoskeleton of beetles. Small invertebrates such as insects, earthworms, and snails form an ...

The incisor teeth of mice (Fig. 2) grow continually throughout life and are modified to form chisel-like cutting structures that remain permanently sharp. There are no nerves in the incisors ...

They're actually the longest teeth in the human mouth. So what are these long, sharp teeth doing among our short, stubby ones? Well, contrary to popular belief, it's not for tearing and ripping meat.