Emma Bernard, who curates the Museum's fossil fish collection (including fossil sharks), helps separate fact from fiction. O. megalodon was not only the biggest shark in the world, but one of the ...

Recent federal- and state-level orders to divert water have environmentalists concerned over local impacts on this historic ...

Alligator gar haven’t changed since the prehistoric days they ... and we’ve seen fish we think are bigger than that. The biggest gar ever reported weighed 305 pounds.” It takes serious ...

Xiphactinus was one of the largest bony fish of the Late Cretaceous and is considered one of the fiercest creatures in the sea. A powerful tail and winglike pectoral fins shot the 17-foot-long (5 ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Researchers have discovered a prehistoric ‘demon-toothed’ fish in Socorro County, New Mexico. The fish, which lived over 300 million years ago, was discovered by New ...

One peels out of formation and dives into the water with a splash, sinking just as far as its shoulders to snatch a fish with its long ... than a sparrow; the largest reached a wingspan of nearly ...