After years of searching with his dad, fifth-grader Jaxon Hinton uncovered a remarkably preserved prehistoric shark tooth estimated to be 18 million years old ...

It's a discovery millions of years in the making: In early March, a 10-year-old Maryland boy found a megalodon tooth, and now, he and his family are excited to share the details on this rare find.

Young students from Southern Maryland and Prince George’s County testified before Maryland’s Senate Education, Energy and ...

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Picture a fin the size of a surfboard sliding past your boat. Fun to imagine, sure. But when you set daydreams beside the evidence, a clear answer surfaces. The giant shark we call megalodon ruled ...

While fossil hunting in a riverbed, a large and well-preserved megalodon shark tooth was recovered underwater. This video documents the search, highlights identifying features of megalodon teeth, and ...

Great white sharks are already massive, but scientists use their teeth to estimate just how big they can get—and those same methods help unlock the mystery of the megalodon, the colossal predator that ...

(CNN) — Paleobiologist Dr. Kenshu Shimada has been fascinated by fossil sharks, including the giant Otodus megalodon, since childhood — he found his first megalodon tooth at 13 years old. So when he ...