“Stromer assigned the fossil to the genus Carcharodontosaurus, shark-toothed lizard,” researchers said. “At around (32 feet) long, it was one of the largest known land-based carnivores in the history ...

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 ...

SNSB and LMU Paleontologists have identified a new species of predatory dinosaur from the Cretaceous period in North Africa, ...

How did the goblin shark score its haunting name? It has something to do with the goblin shark's visage. Find out more about ...

However, in 2018, testing on the fossil concluded it is actually in the shark and ray family due to the similarity in ...

Charles Shelton Jr. has collected thousands of shark teeth, jaws and other fossils over the past three decades. He now shares ...

Goblin sharks are generally rare, deep-water predatory species classified as living fossils. Its ancestral ownliness reaches ...

The epaulette shark’s ability to “walk” on land gives it a distinct survival advantage and traces its lineage back to the ...

MYRTLE BEACH — Charles Shelton Jr. never planned on becoming an expert in shark tooth hunting. A West Virginia native, he started hunting for the tiny dark triangular fossils when he was a ...

Goblin sharks are considered living fossils because the species was thought to be extinct. Despite existing in modern scientific history for little more than a century, the goblin shark species is ...