A newly described fossil from northern Australia reveals an 8 meter mega-shark that hunted in the age of dinosaurs, long ...

When and where did sharks first become so massive? The discovery of enormous shark remains from northern Australia has just ...

Fossils reveal that giant predatory sharks existed 15 million years before megalodon and were already top predators in Cretaceous seas.

During the Cretaceous Period, a genus of sharks roamed the sea with rows of unusual teeth. Mostly large and rounded, these chompers were not meant to slice through their prey, but to grind and crush ...

The fossil of a huge great white shark relative that lived among the dinosaurs has been discovered in Mexico. The discovery was made in a limestone quarry to the country's northeast by an ...

An Australian fossil reveals the first lamniform shark, measuring 20 feet long and living 15 million years earlier than believed.

Ancient underwater volcanic eruptions may have made modern day sharks more fierce then their predecessors, a new study has found. The infamous shark species we know of today evolved from stubby bottom ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A giant spike in ocean temperatures about 93 million years ago may ...

Professor Jim Cotter of University of Minnesota Morris teaches his students how to use geology to read the stories embedded in the earth. CATHY WURZER: Hey, it's Minnesota Now, here on MPR News. I'm ...

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