Long before it dried out, what’s now Egypt was a tropical Cretaceous sea.

Research has shown that pelagic sharks tend to have longer, narrower fins compared to their benthic relatives, which typically possess shorter, rounded fins. A key to understanding how sharks navigate ...

Fossilized shark teeth discovered beneath Egypt's Western Desert revealed seven ancient species, including a goblin shark ...

Fossilised shark teeth from Egypt's Western Desert reveal prehistoric ocean life. Scientists discovered teeth from five extinct shark species in the Abu-Tartur Plateau region. These ancient predators ...

More than 100 million years ago, scientists say, warming seas and reduced oxygen may have sent some sharks higher into the water column, where they evolved to be fierce and hungry. By Jeanne Timmons ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

When you think of the Egyptian desert, your mind probably jumps straight to towering pyramids, endless rolling sand dunes, and scorching heat. You would be right to think that, because who wouldn’t?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Anton Petrus/Moment/Getty Images) The desert sands of Egypt have been dry for thousands of years. As difficult as it is to ...

approximately 400 million years ago, and have continued to swim in oceans around the world from that time to the present day. Numerous fossilized shark teeth have been discovered in the Egyptian ...

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The highest trophic niches in Mesozoic oceans were filled by diverse marine reptiles, including ichthyosaurians, plesiosaurians, and thalattosuchians, dominating food webs during the Jurassic and ...

(Anton Petrus/Moment/Getty Images) The desert sands of Egypt have been dry for thousands of years. As difficult as it is to picture now, however, much of that desert was once submerged beneath a sea ...