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A new study analyzing the genomes of nearly 40 sharks found that skates and rays likely evolved from the shark body plan, and ...

Long before modern great whites prowled the seas, a colossal shark cruised the warm shallows off northern Australia. Its story begins on a rocky shoreline near Darwin, where a few heavy disks of ...

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 ...

A newly described fossil from northern Australia reveals an 8 meter mega-shark that hunted in the age of dinosaurs, long before the famous Megalodon ever evolved. By pushing the origin of giant ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

As a shark tooth and fossil hunting enthusiast, I often have people ask me why I find fossils so fascinating. To me, the answer is simple: I’m astounded by the fact that I can walk along the beach in ...