A fake shark story died on paper but lived online, where repetition, fear, and clever editing keep turning extinction into legend.

The Calvert Marine Museum is advocating for the designation of the extinct megalodon to be Maryland's official state shark.

Megalodon, the terror of the Neogene, dominated its giant shark niche for just 20 million years before it disappeared from the world's oceans. And, during that time ...

Imagine heading out for a swim and knowing that a shark the size of a bus could be lurking somewhere beneath the surface. This is not the plot of a science fiction movie. It is what life might be like ...

A shark so rare it was once thought to be extinct was just spotted off the Welsh coast. The Wildlife Trust of Wales captured footage of the angel shark in Cardigan Bay, the first documented sighting ...

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Maryland lawmakers introduced legislation that would make the megalodon the state's official shark. If the proposed House Bill 97 and Senate Bill 135-- sponsored by State Del. Todd Morgan and State ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lead study author Jeremy McCormack of Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, holds up a fossilized megalodon tooth. - Uwe ...

(CNN) — What scientists understand about the voracious feeding habits of the colossal megalodon could be up for some revision. The prehistoric predator that went extinct about 3.6 million years ago ...