Maryland could soon have a state shark. The massive predator’s fossilized teeth can still be found around the state.

After years of searching with his dad, fifth-grader Jaxon Hinton uncovered a remarkably preserved prehistoric shark tooth ...

Learn more about the ancient life that used to inhabit Mammoth Cave, and how the cave conditions were just right to help ...

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, North Carolina -- The North Carolina coast is known for many things but, for divers, it is well known as a hot spot for finding giant prehistoric Megalodon teeth. "It's really rare ...

A young shark enthusiast vacationing with his family in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, stumbled upon the find of a lifetime -- a tooth belonging to the largest shark to ever exist. Virginia-native ...

A new study analyzing two fossilized whale skulls from around 5 million years ago has revealed fragments of sharks' teeth ...

Young students from Southern Maryland and Prince George’s County testified before Maryland’s Senate Education, Energy and ...

A broken tooth lodged deep in bone can outlast the animal that lost it. In two whale skulls from Belgium, those fragments ...

You probably wouldn't want to get close to the live version of the prehistoric shark that's part of a new exhibit at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. About the only thing cooler in artist Ray Troll's eyes than a shark is an ancient shark, the ...

Celebrate Shark Week by meeting some of the prehistoric sharks prowling the museum’s collection Jack Tamisiea For nearly half a billion years, sharks of all shapes and sizes have ruled the deep, ...