The megalodon (Otodus megalodon) is another step closer to becoming the first state shark in the United States. At the last ...

A bill to make the prehistoric shark megalodon the Maryland state shark has passed in the legislative session in Annapolis. Up until the final day of session, it wasn't looking good for what was once ...

Maryland makes waves by naming the extinct Megalodon as its official state shark.

Maryland has become the first state to designate the prehistoric megalodon, a massive shark that lived millions of years ago, ...

Maryland is the first state in the country with an official state shark.

Solomons, Md. — The Maryland General Assembly approved legislation late Monday evening designating the extinct Otodus megalodon as the state’s official shark, making Maryland the first in the nation ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. When did the megalodon shark go extinct, and why ...

We’re not quite sure if a new description of the extinct megalodon shark makes it more or less frightening. The fresh theory—described in a theory that was recently published in Palaeontologia ...

Maryland is poised to be the first state in the country to designate its own state shark — the megalodon. In a last-minute move on the last day of the legislative session Monday, lawmakers gave ...

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NEW YORK — Today's sharks have nothing on their ancient cousins. A giant shark that roamed the oceans millions of years ago could have devoured a creature the size of a killer whale in just five bites ...

The most common way that Megalodon is portrayed is... well, like this. A shark that looks like a giant great white. “The study may appear to be a step backward in science, but the continued mystery ...