While fans of the movie and novel “Jaws” might envision an encounter with a 22-foot great white shark as being daunting, historians and marine biologists alike are quick to note that the extinct ...

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Tom Pierce’s hands move with precision as he wraps each black shark’s tooth with wire, laying them in a row on the glass counter. The process only takes a few minutes to create each piece of jewelry, ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — For decades, kids and adults alike have watched “Shark Week,” the week-long feature on the fish that have commanded the oceans since time immemorial. But what you may not ...

Fossils have a way of captivating everyone, no matter their profession or the species unearthed, but there’s something about Megalodon that grips the imagination like no other. Fossilized shark teeth ...

While fans of the movie and novel “Jaws” might envision an encounter with a 22-foot great white shark as being daunting, historians and marine biologists alike are quick to note that the extinct ...

Molly Sampson's favorite Christmas present was the one she went out and got for herself that morning: a 5-inch-long Otodus megalodon tooth from a shark that lived millions of years ago. The 9-year-old ...