Beavers' teeth sometimes look brown, orange or red due to a protective iron coating that makes them resistant to wear and tear as beavers go about their beaver business.

Thanks to their impressive building skills, beavers are a keystone species—an animal whose activities support its entire ...

They have brown fur, a distinguishing white muzzle, and white whiskers. The orange color of their teeth, a trait they share with beavers, comes from having a special, strong enamel that includes iron.

Komodo dragons, the world’s largest species of lizard, have iron-tipped teeth that help them to rip their prey apart, ...

Nutria are often mistaken for beavers—both have prehistoric-looking orange teeth—but nutria are typically one-third the size of beavers and one-third as adorable.

With large orange teeth, they cut down trees and other vegetation for food and building materials. November is the month that ...

Komodo dragons have iron-coated teeth—never ... A close-up image of a Komodo dragon tooth shows orange-tinged iron on its cutting edge. Photograph By Aaron LeBlanc. Gnawing mammals such beavers, ...

The fastest route to find evidence of Modesto’s beaver population may be to look out for the workings of their famous orange teeth. Last year, Michael Hart, a fourth-generation Modestan who ...

Komodo dragon teeth show orange pigment along the serrated edges. LeBlanc et al., Nature Ecology & Evolution , 2024 X-ray imaging revealed the orange pigmentation was iron, coating the teeth in a ...

Komodo dragons, the world’s largest species of lizard, have iron-tipped teeth that help them to rip their prey apart, according to new research.

Komodo dragons, the world’s largest species of lizard, have iron-tipped teeth that help them to rip their prey apart, according to new research.