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Megalodons were massive predators that ruled the world's oceans. Hugo Saláis via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 4.0 For nearly 20 million years, megalodons prowled the world’s oceans. The massive ...

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The megalodon story should have ended with fossils, museum labels, and a simple timeline. Instead, it became a modern legend: one part real paleontology, one part TV spectacle, and one part internet ...

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 ...

Maryland lawmakers voted to designate the massive, prehistoric megalodon as the state's official shark. The passed legislation makes Maryland the first state to name an official shark.