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, ...

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 ...

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 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.