Sharks have ruled the Earth’s oceans for 400 million years and recent research on fossilized shark teeth has led to the ...

What’s 66-million-year-old vomit like? A lot more pleasant than the fresh stuff, says paleontologist Jesper Milan.

Researchers presented the ancient shark's remains in several glass urns, including one containing a giant, sharp-toothed jaw. "There are not many complete shark (fossils) in the world ...

The scientific term for fossilized vomit is regurgitalite. Surprisingly, the timeless throw up is far from the oldest out ...

Sharks were never far from our minds as we grew up on the beach in Adelaide. Although attacks were rare, they were real. My ...

The remains of Alexander the Great may lie under the streets of Alexandria, they may have been "eaten by a shark," or they ...

It sets out to answer a deceptively simple question: “What was the ecology of ancient sharks?” A question that is accessible enough to spark curiosity in students, yet comprehensive enough to ...

Just in time for summer, the megalodon—the ancient, city bus-sized shark known as the “Megatooth”—has reared its ravenous snout. While the oceans are now safe from the Megatooth, which went extinct an ...

In the quiet cliffs of Stevns, Denmark, a 79-year-old amateur fossil hunter split open a piece of chalk last November and ...

Shark teeth are the most common fossil locally, Hoppe said, because these ancient sharks, like their modern equivalents, drop up to 10,000 teeth throughout their lifetimes. “I often get asked ...