Shark teeth are “highly developed weapons built for cutting flesh, not resisting ocean acid,” Baum said. Sharks will go ...

PaleoCris and I teamed up with our friend Rick to explore a Florida creek site we rarely get to hunt. The trip paid off with colorful shark teeth, juvenile Megalodon teeth, and some incredibly rare ...

A brand new species of prehistoric shark has been discovered, and its teeth have a terrifying addition: their very own tiny fangs. The shark has been named Palaeohypotodus bizzocoi. Its genus name ...

A lucky Florida family found a once-in-a-lifetime fossil that belonged to one of the biggest predators that ever roamed the ocean. Bricen Columbia, 19, found a 6.5-inch megalodon tooth in South ...

Christine Wusylko works for the University of Florida and receives funding from the NSF. Pavlo Antonenko works for the University of Florida and receives funding from the NSF. Most kids have a natural ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. "These fossils are not in their original setting, so they have ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Christine Wusylko, University of Florida and Pavlo Antonenko, University of Florida ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Most kids have a natural curiosity about sharks − especially their sharp and abundant teeth. Our team had the idea to use the appeal of this charismatic apex predator to teach how ...

We cover a lot of history in this column, but today we’re going further back, waaay back. Think prehistoric monsters of the deep, some who had exactly 276 teeth. It’s a very specific number, and it ...