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

An international scientific team has identified fossilized shark teeth in the phosphate deposits of Khouribga that point to a previously unknown extinct shark species that lived at the end of the age ...

'It just shows how degraded this ecosystem is,' said Dr. Francesco Ferretti, a lead researcher at Virginia Tech Desiree Anello is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025 ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — One of the most fearsome predators to rule the seas millions of years ago may have left something behind at Virginia Beach’s North End. Terry Siviter and his 5-year-old grandson, ...

Otodus megalodon, the biggest shark of all time, has long captured the imaginations of paleontologists and the public alike. Scientific fascination spawns from the sheer enormity of their fossilized ...

Over a third of shark, ray, and chimaera species are threatened with extinction, with overfishing driving declines. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are one of our best conservation tools, but many in ...

Whether a species has just freshly emerged, or it has been around for millions of years does not dictate its vulnerability. This has been the assumption of an old debate on whether species' age plays ...

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 ...

This summer we’re celebrating some of the most successful animals our planet has ever seen with the 50th anniversary of Jaws and the return of dinosaurs in Jurassic World Rebirth. While the non-avian ...

Some 115 million years ago, a veritable fleet of giant predators prowled the waters near Australia. There were long-necked plesiosaurs, snaggletoothed pliosaurs with massive heads, dolphinlike ...

Fossils of tiny, jawless marine animals reveal tooth structures sharper than sharks or steel, forcing scientists to rethink ...

Tourists observe whale sharks in Oslob, Cebu. Once abundant across the world’s oceans, whale shark populations have declined sharply in recent decades. Scientists say global trade limits and ...