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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 scientists use ...
NARRAGANSETT – Brothers Oliver and Sebastian Martinez will have an incredible show-and-tell treasure when they return to Peace Dale Elementary School this fall. The brothers were with their mom, ...
An ancient megalodon tooth covered in bite marks has been found by divers in Florida. On Monday, Aquanutz Scuba Diving Charters, a scuba diving and shark tooth hunting company in Venice, Florida, ...
An ancient shark tooth had an odd shape — and unraveling the mystery could provide insight into the long-extinct predators. The deformed tooth came from a megalodon, a massive shark that roamed the ...
Shark teeth are often considered the most common vertebrate fossils in the world, and for good reason. Each individual shark has rows upon rows of chompers that fall out and get replaced in conveyor ...
Shark tooth fossils in sandstone matrix, Lamna obliqua, Eocene Epoch (56 to 34 million years ago), Morocco, (Specimen courtesy of Ron Stebler, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA), (Photo by Wild ...
Sharks have long been known for their razor-sharp teeth, weapons that make them some of the ocean’s most effective hunters. But new research suggests that these powerful tools may not be as invincible ...
A married couple have found a "massive" fossilized great white tooth on a North Carolina beach that came from a huge shark. Experts told Newsweek that the white shark in question could have measured ...
Kids are fascinated by sharks. Although they aren’t likely to come face-to-face with one of their favorite animals in the wild, they can touch these animals—without even getting wet. Your family can ...
Even sharks’ famous tooth-regrowing ability may not save them from ocean acidification. Researchers found that future acidic waters cause shark teeth to corrode, crack, and weaken, threatening their ...