As paleontologist Stephen Godfrey walked into the Calvert Marine Museum one morning in April, staff members congratulated him ...

Megalodon was the largest shark to ever live, an apex predator that ruled Earth’s oceans for millions of years. Stretching up ...

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.

MANASOTA KEY, Fla. — A 6-inch megalodon shark tooth was found by a Wyoming teen during a dive trip off Manasota Key, Florida earlier this week. Sixteen-year-old Aiden Andrews and his father Brian were ...

In the final hours of Maryland’s legislative session, lawmakers passed a bill to make megalodon — the largest shark that ever ...

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Maryland lawmakers are considering a bill to make the megalodon — the biggest shark that ever lived — Maryland's state shark. But the clock is ticking. The curator of paleontology at Calvert Marine ...

MARTY MADDEN [email protected] Mar 18, 2026 Mar 18, 2026 0 You wouldn’t think staring down the mouth of the largest shark ever could provide a bit of levity for a gathering of people charged with ...

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 ...