When Charleston resident Grant Martin found his first shark tooth on a Hilton Head Island beach when he was a kid, he thought ...

The ratios of strontium isotopes in fossil shark teeth can be used to better understand how coastal environments evolved in ancient times, according to our newly published work. As paleontologists ...

In the scorching desert of Peru's Pisco Basin, a major fossil discovery has been made. Paleontologists have unearthed the nearly complete fossil of a colossal shark that prowled the ancient seas some ...

A newly described fossil from northern Australia reveals an 8 meter mega-shark that hunted in the age of dinosaurs, long before the famous Megalodon ever evolved. By pushing the origin of giant ...

(CNN) — During the Cretaceous Period, a genus of sharks roamed the sea with rows of unusual teeth. Mostly large and rounded, these chompers were not meant to slice through their prey, but to grind and ...

Travelers can get their hands dirty and track down ancient dinosaur fossils, jewels and more treasures through excursions across the country. Families planning a visit to Mantua, New Jersey, for ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Christine Wusylko, University of Florida and Pavlo Antonenko, University of Florida ...

Louis Iocona has a passion for prehistoric pieces, like the tooth of a Squalicorax or "crow shark." "Even 60 million years later they're still razor sharp," he says. Iocona shares that enthusiasm ...

New Jersey is known for many things: the Jersey Shore, Atlantic City and the Sopranos. But it’s now becoming known for something else — a hotbed of dinosaur activity. When an asteroid hit Mexico 66 ...

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