No state in the U.S. has an official shark, but Maryland lawmakers are digging deep into history to hopefully add a prehistoric icon to its list state symbols.L ...

Maryland leaders are considering a bill that would make the extinct megalodon the official state shark.

National Megalodon Day will be celebrated on Thursday to help teach Floridians all about the biggest shark to ever swim in the Gulf Coast. The holiday was first proclaimed on June 15, 2021, to mark ...

The megalodon went extinct 3.6 million years ago, and is thought to be the largest shark that ever swam the Earth. But the megalodon may not have been as big as once thought, some researchers suggest.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The megalodon, a huge shark that was the scourge of the ancient oceans and is a star in modern movie theaters, is named for its "large tooth" - and for good reason. Its serrated ...

Young students from Southern Maryland and Prince George’s County testified before Maryland’s Senate Education, Energy and ...

As one of the largest predators to have ever lived, megalodon captures people’s imagination – and for good reason. But was this apex predator simply a beefed-up great white shark, and is it still ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dorsal fin of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, near Seal Island in False Bay, South Africa. The megalodon was ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - There’s plenty of history laying deep within the rivers surrounding Savannah. We’ve seen cannon, and ships hundreds of years old unearthed. But one man is more interested in ...

A giant megalodon shark may have broken a whale's back in a vicious attack around 15 million years ago, according to a study. The paper, published in the journal Palaeontologia Electronica, documents ...