Maryland lawmakers are considering a bill to make the megalodon — the biggest shark that ever lived — Maryland’s state shark.

A newly described fossil from northern Australia reveals an 8 meter mega-shark that hunted in the age of dinosaurs, long before the famous Megalodon ever evolved. By pushing the origin of giant ...

Today's sharks have nothing on their ancient cousins. A giant shark that roamed the oceans millions of years ago could have devoured a creature the size of a killer whale in just five bites, new ...

Ashley Paul joined the WJZ team in December 2024 as a reporter, and could not be happier to call Charm City home! Ashley has told stories all across the country, including in Maine, Central ...

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, North Carolina -- The North Carolina coast is known for many things but, for divers, it is well known as a hot spot for finding giant prehistoric Megalodon teeth. "It's really rare ...

With testimony filled with shark-themed puns and chuckles from everyone in the room, Del. Todd Morgan, a Republican, advocated to finally have the Otodus megalodon designated as Maryland’s state shark ...

A Florida teen will have quite the story for his friends to chew on when they all meet back in class after spring break.

Molly Sampson, age nine, knew exactly what she wanted for Christmas this past December: a pair of insulated wading boots. With the boots, she told her mom, she could go out into the water at Calvert ...

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, ...

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 monsters of the Cretaceous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Megalodons went extinct about 3.6 million years ago, but their fossils are all over Maryland. While the mighty megalodon is not ...