Nothing strikes fear in the hearts of humans like a shark fin in shallow water. They are often portrayed as silent killers, scouring the ocean for prey. Their cold, fearsome reputation has influenced ...

Now, remains uncovered from limestone quarries in northeastern Mexico are finally giving researchers a clearer idea of the shark’s appearance, including one fossil that shows almost all skeletal ...

Also known as 'Devil Shark', it belongs to the ancient shark family and is a very rare living fossil teaching material ... giving birth to live young rather than egg sacks.

McWane Science Center "In this study, we documented a new species of 65-million-year-old fossil shark, named Palaeohypotodus bizzocoi, that lived during a geological stage called the Paleocene ...

As a result, scientists often infer the appearance and behavior of these animals from fossil teeth and scales, which are much more common but less informative. This makes investigating rare shark ...

She and her husband take people fossil hunting on their private property every day and said that folks have a good chance of finding shark teeth that are 2 inches or bigger, but the tooth the ...

A shark fossil found in Alabama dating back 65 million years is a new species, the nonprofit McWane Science Center in Birmingham announced this week. The fossils the center examined were unearthed ...

Students then get to work with fossil kits containing 15 real fossil shark teeth and one 3D-printed megalodon tooth. Megalodons were behemoth sharks that roamed the waters starting 20 million ...

Lots of animals produce eggs. These protect and provide for offspring as they develop. There are over 500 species of shark living in waters around the world and the majority give birth to live young.