It's a rite of Annapolis. Every year Maryland legislators hear requests for commemorative pieces of legislation and official ...

Maryland could soon have a state shark. The massive predator’s fossilized teeth can still be found around the state.

You wouldn’t think staring down the mouth of the largest shark ever could provide a bit of levity for a gathering of people charged with making crucial decisions. But Tuesday ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Megalodons went extinct about 3.6 million years ago, but their fossils are all over Maryland. While the mighty megalodon is not ...

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, North Carolina -- The North Carolina coast is known for many things but, for divers, it is well known as a hot spot for finding giant prehistoric Megalodon teeth. "It's really rare ...

It's a discovery millions of years in the making: In early March, a 10-year-old Maryland boy found a megalodon tooth, and now ...

Today's sharks have nothing on their ancient cousins. A giant shark that roamed the oceans millions of years ago could have devoured a creature the size of a killer whale in just five bites, new ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — In the age of dinosaurs — before whales, great whites or the bus-sized megalodon — a monstrous shark prowled the waters off what’s now northern Australia, among the sea ...

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