Hidden along Florida’s Gulf Coast is one of the most unusual fossil-hunting destinations in the United States. Venice, ...

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In today’s video, we search for some of Florida’s rarest sediments - layers dating back over 20 million years. These ancient deposits hold the fossilized teeth of Otodus angustidens, the direct ...

15 million years before movies like Jaws and Open Water gave swimmers the heebie-jeebies, a prehistoric shark species called Otodus megalodon reached gargantuan sizes. Researchers have reassessed just ...

A newly examined prehistoric shark from the age of dinosaurs provides surprising insights into the early evolution of modern sharks. It cannot be confidently assigned to any shark order that exists ...

It’s not Shark Week yet, but National Megalodon Day is the next best thing until the Discovery Channel kicks off its shark love fest on July 20. National Megalodon Day is June 15 and celebrates the ...

Maryland has become the first state to designate the massive, prehistoric megalodon as its official state shark. State lawmakers approved making the designation on April 14, and Gov. Wes Moore said he ...

Maryland lawmakers voted to designate the massive, prehistoric megalodon as the state's official shark. The passed legislation makes Maryland the first state to name an official shark.

Megalodons—the iconic extinct sharks that dominated the ocean millions of years ago—have been portrayed in Hollywood blockbusters and sci-fi novels as oversize great white sharks. But new research ...

About five million years ago, in the waters of the North Sea, shark teeth literally became embedded in the bones of whale skulls. This unique discovery now provides a direct and unprecedented ...