A jawbone found in a Moroccan mine was thought to be a novel species of marine reptile from the Cretaceous period, but other ...

A "serrated blade" found sticking from a rock in the United Kingdom has been identified as a "nearly perfect" prehistoric ...

Citizen science is evolving in classrooms, as students contribute to understanding the ancient ecology of sharks through ...

Researchers are calling for CT scans to confirm the authenticity of a Cretaceous period fossil that led to the identification ...

Just in time for summer, the megalodon—the ancient, city bus-sized shark known as the “Megatooth”—has reared its ravenous snout. While the oceans are now safe from the Megatooth, which went extinct an ...

Shark sex is a bitey business, with males grasping females with their teeth during the act. The resulting wounds are helping ...

With populations rebuilding for some shark species, ­anglers are increasingly reporting ­losing hooked fish to sharks—an ...

A study, published in the Environmental Biology of Fishes on Dec. 4, has revealed that male sharks embrace their romantic partners by diving their teeth into a fin to begin fornication. Footage, ...

The frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus), also known as the scaffold shark, is often called a "living fossil." This ancient shark has remained largely unchanged for millions of years, offering ...