Maryland has a new state shark, and it's sure to make some waves. The state legislature this week designated the Megalodon ...

The scientific wonderers at What If imagine the terrifying apex predator that would exist if a giant prehistoric shark had millions more years to adapt.

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.

A bill to make the prehistoric shark megalodon the Maryland state shark has passed in the legislative session in Annapolis.

Maryland became the first state to designate an official shark on April 14, 2026, naming the extinct Otodus megalodon whose ...

Maryland lawmakers are considering a bill to make the megalodon — the biggest shark that ever lived — Maryland’s state shark.

Maryland is about to make history by naming a shark that hasn’t existed for millions of years as its official state ...

Numerous anime fans have reacted to a recently discovered prehistoric shark being named Pochitaserra patriciacanalesae after Pochita from Chainsaw Man. The prehistoric shark’s fossil was discovered in ...

No state in the U.S. has an official shark, but Maryland lawmakers are digging deep into history to hopefully add a prehistoric icon to its list of state symbols. Lawmakers in the Maryland House of ...

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, North Carolina -- The North Carolina coast is known for many things but, for divers, it is well known as a hot spot for finding giant prehistoric Megalodon teeth. "It's really rare ...

A young shark enthusiast vacationing with his family in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, stumbled upon the find of a lifetime -- a tooth belonging to the largest shark to ever exist. Virginia-native ...

Celebrate Shark Week by meeting some of the prehistoric sharks prowling the museum’s collection Jack Tamisiea For nearly half a billion years, sharks of all shapes and sizes have ruled the deep, ...