A 6-inch megalodon shark tooth was found by a Wyoming teen during a dive trip off Manasota Key, Florida earlier this week.

It only took 3.6 million years, but the giant prehistoric shark, megalodon, moved one step closer to becoming Maryland’s ...

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

Maryland leaders are considering a bill that would make the extinct megalodon the official state shark.

We’re not quite sure if a new description of the extinct megalodon shark makes it more or less frightening. The fresh theory—described in a theory that was recently published in Palaeontologia ...

The megalodon went extinct 3.6 million years ago and is thought to be the largest shark that ever swam the Earth — until now. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on January 23m 2023.) The ...

Discover the frightening mysteries of the ocean in this exploration of topics such as the megalodon, the bloop, and eerie underwater sounds. Join Doctor NOS for a humorous and insightful look at these ...

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

Megalodon. An ancient creature that still strikes terror into many people’s hearts, even though it disappeared from our ocean millions of years ago. Scientist Jack ...

In most depictions of the extinct megalodon shark, it looks pretty much like a super-sized version of its modern relative, the great white. According to a new study, however, it may actually have been ...

The megalodon—the biggest shark to have ever lived—may not looked like an overgrown great white shark, as it is often portrayed, scientists have said. Commonly known as the megalodon, this species of ...