A recent discovery by the National Park Service in the Kentucky Mammoth Cave National Park led the world one step closer to ...

Megalodons have been portrayed as gigantic great whites, but new research suggests they were more svelte and less agile ...

Over the last half billion years, sharks have left behind a diverse fossil record of biological innovation and experimentation, but it’s limited almost entirely to fossilized teeth and jaws. While ...

Extinct megalodon shark was even bigger than previously thought New research reignites debate over the size of this extinct giant, also suggesting it looked unlike a great white By Elizabeth Hlavinka ...

A 20-year-old woman suffered minor injuries when she was apparently bitten by a sand tiger shark while standing in waist-deep ...

Megalodon may have been up to 80 feet long, but the colossal extinct shark was also probably thinner than scientists previously thought, according to a new study. CNN values your feedback 1.

According to Everglades National Park in southern Florida, Florida redbelly turtles (Pseudemys nelsoni) are often seen with ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the ...

As Jaws celebrates its 50th anniversary, Science News explores the vast range of shark sizes, from megaladon to the dwarf lanternshark.

White sharks suffered great declines after the Jaws movie was released. But these iconic predators must be protected.

The largest shark to ever live was likely the mighty megalodon ( Otodus megalodon ), which swam in prehistoric oceans from 23 to 3.6 million years ago and is now definitely extinct. Paleontologists ...

Megalodons—the iconic extinct sharks that dominated the ocean millions of years ago—have been portrayed in Hollywood blockbusters and sci-fi novels as oversize great white sharks. But new ...