‘Living Fossil’ Sharks, Rays and Whale Sharks Get a Lifeline amid Extinction Threat The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora on Friday updated its regulation ...

(CN) — During an extensive search for new fossil species, Jun Ebersole found one in an old box. “A few years ago, I was looking through the historical fossil collections at the Geological Survey in ...

Fossilized remains of acolossal shark discovered in northern Australia have upended scientists’ understanding of when oceanic giants first emerged. Measuring up to 8 meters in length, this Early ...

A shark fossil found in Alabama dating back 65 million years is a new species, the nonprofit McWane Science Center in Birmingham announced this week. The fossils the center examined were unearthed ...

Megalodon have always been compared to the modern great white shark. Scientists have found a reason why it shouldn't be.

(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 ...

The fossil shark Ptychodus was first identified 190 years ago, but in the intervening centuries of paleontological inquiry, a comprehensive look at the ancient fish has been hard to come by. Until now ...