triangular teeth. ‘Sharks have been around for 420 million years,’ explains Emma Bernard, our Fossil Fish Curator. ‘In that time, there have been as many as 5,000 different species. One of the reasons ...

Citizen science is evolving in classrooms, as students contribute to understanding the ancient ecology of sharks through ...

They had long, pointed snouts and teeth designed to catch and tear apart prey, but most of the sharks in this genus were incredibly small! Most species measured around just over 2 feet (65 cm).

While much of life became extinct during the End-Cretaceous extinction event, including all non-avian dinosaurs, sharks once again persisted. But they were still affected. Fossil teeth show that the ...

Just in time for summer, the megalodon—the ancient, city bus-sized shark known as the “Megatooth”—has reared its ravenous snout. While the oceans are now safe from the Megatooth, which went extinct an ...

A “ serrated blade” found sticking from a rock in the United Kingdom has been identified as a “nearly perfect” prehistoric ...