The animal with the strongest bite ever documented in scientific literature is the saltwater crocodile ( Crocodylus porosus ), recorded during a 2012 study of the bite forces of all 23 living ...

Bite force, a measure of the strength of an animal's bite, helps researchers understand a species' role in the ecosystem.

Learn more about piranhas, why they have such a powerful bite, and why there are so many misconceptions around them.

Close up of saltwater crocodile as it emerges from water with a toothy grin. The crocodile’s skin colorings and pattern camoflage the animal in the wild. Bite force, according to a study published in ...

A fearsome shark bite crushes with raw power, yet a tiny piranha delivers unmatched strength for its size. Scientists compare ...

Among the most impressive physical attributes wild animals bring to bear in their battle for survival is the ability to simply chomp down hard. Not surprisingly, when it comes to what animal has the ...

Megalodons are considered the largest sharks, and possibly the largest fish, to have ever roamed Earth’s oceans. They lived over 20 million years ago and were once thought to be related to the great ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - As a frame of reference, each animal bite you’ll read about will be measured in pounds per square inch, or PSI. We’ll use the human bite as a baseline, which averages 162 PSI ...

I was working on a paper that dealt with dog bites and wanted to include some mention of the strength of dog bites for particular breeds. I have been at several conferences dealing with dog behavior ...

The Cerrejón crocodile the scientists unearthed came out to be about 28 feet, which is bigger than any crocodile that we have alive today. More importantly, it was of a size to match the croc from the ...

Scientists say that a large, now extinct, frog called Beelzebufo that lived about 68 million years ago in Madagascar would have been capable of eating small dinosaurs. The conclusion comes from a ...

Scientists have experimentally measured the bite force of adult T. rexes but not of younger tyrannosaurs. Fossils with juvenile bite marks have now allowed experts to experimentally test how hard ...