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Although sharks aren’t the mindless man-eaters they are sometimes made out to be, experts know that staying safe involves ...
However, as Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece turns 50, for many, its legacy remains inexorably tied to the 25-foot great white ...
The big sky country of the western North America is a world-renowned dinosaur playground. Household-name dinosaurs like ...
Despite not having bones, sharks can grow pretty large. There’s the aforementioned whale shark, roughly the size of a bowling lane, but let's not forget the basking shark, also something of a colossus ...
According to the National Parks Service, there is ongoing paleontological research within Mammoth Cave, and they recently ...
Myrtle Beach area shark’s teeth experts offer their tips for finding the sought-after beach souvenirs. The ocean along the Grand Strand has a number of sharks, offering plenty of chances to find ...
The researchers examined fossilized megalodon teeth, which are more or less all that has remained of the cartilaginous fish that gave the shark its name, megalodon, meaning "big tooth." ...
In a significant stride forward for marine conservation, the Two Oceans Aquarium, in Cape Town has successfully released Gen, a female ragged-tooth shark, back into the waters off Struisbaai ...
Both teeth have to be at least 10,000 years old for fossilization and could be much older, since the species known today as the white shark "first appears in the fossil record during the mid to ...
They were big, too. The 1½-inch-long shark tooth discovered by the Martinez brothers belonged to a shark that was "probably in the neighborhood of 15 feet long," estimated Josh Moyer, resident ...
Fossil teeth are quite abundant in Southwest Florida. Ed Reschke/Getty Images Shark teeth are often considered the most common vertebrate fossils in the world, and for good reason. Each individual ...
Megalodon, the giant shark species that disappeared around 3.6 million years ago, was the most ferocious creature that ever lived. What do we know about it?