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 ...

Research has shown that pelagic sharks tend to have longer, narrower fins compared to their benthic relatives, which typically possess shorter, rounded fins. A key to understanding how sharks navigate ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A giant spike in ocean temperatures about 93 million years ago may ...

Sharks have lived for more than 400 million years and thousands of species have gone extinct across that time. Today’s sharks are pretty crazy. Just consider that the whale shark can measure up to 60 ...

Have you ever wondered just how many sharks bigger than great white sharks are swimming in our oceans today? What about long-extinct sharks, like Megalodon? If so, then you’ve come to the right place.

Professor Jim Cotter of University of Minnesota Morris teaches his students how to use geology to read the stories embedded in the earth. CATHY WURZER: Hey, it's Minnesota Now, here on MPR News. I'm ...

BILLINGS — The Western Interior Seaway occurred about 70-80 million years ago, ran through Billings, and was home to several different species of sharks as well as other marine life. The Rimrocks of ...

Scientists announced the discovery of a nearly complete fossil of the shark called Aquilolamna milarcae that lived during the Cretaceous Period at a time when dinosaurs ruled the land. About 93 ...

Aquilolamna lived in the open ocean at a time when the seas were populated with marine reptiles, squid relatives with large shells called ammonites, various bony fishes and large sharks. The largest ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 93 million years ago, a bizarre plankton-eating shark shaped unlike any other known marine creature glided through the sea in what is now northeastern Mexico using ...