A group of shark enthusiasts and scientists is hoping to make Maryland the first state in the nation to have a state shark.

Megalodon sharks were among the largest and most formidable predators ever to exist, dominating the oceans millions of years ...

Fifty years after Jaws hit theaters, and there’s still a lot we don’t know about sharks, which lends to their reputation as mysterious predators. There’s even more we don’t know about ancient sharks, ...

A shark so rare it was once thought to be extinct was just spotted off the Welsh coast. The Wildlife Trust of Wales captured footage of the angel shark in Cardigan Bay, the first documented sighting ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — In the age of dinosaurs — before whales, great whites or the bus-sized megalodon — a monstrous shark prowled the waters off what’s now northern Australia, among the sea ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before the famously huge megalodon, another fearsome ocean predator roamed the seas. According to a paper published earlier this ...

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