The ratios of strontium isotopes in fossil shark teeth can be used to better understand how coastal environments evolved in ancient times, according to our newly published work. As paleontologists ...

Most kids have a natural curiosity about sharks − especially their sharp and abundant teeth. Our team had the idea to use the appeal of this charismatic apex predator to teach how scientists use ...

Shark teeth are often considered the most common vertebrate fossils in the world, and for good reason. Each individual shark has rows upon rows of chompers that fall out and get replaced in conveyor ...

The ratios of strontium isotopes in fossil shark teeth can be used to better understand how coastal environments evolved in ancient times, according to our newly published work. Our study was one of ...

CALVERT COUNTY, Md. — Molly Sampson might just be the world's most adorable fossil-hunting paleontologist. Not to mention the luckiest. And the youngest. Molly is 9 years old. On Christmas morning, ...

(CN) — During an extensive search for new fossil species, Jun Ebersole found one in an old box. “A few years ago, I was looking through the historical fossil collections at the Geological Survey in ...

Deerfield Beach resident Kristin Mellon has always loved walking along the beach. She found her first shark tooth a year ago at Boynton Beach. Florida's Venice Beach is known as the “Shark Tooth ...

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 ...

Bruce J. MacFadden receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Stephanie Killingsworth does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that ...

Christine Wusylko works for the University of Florida and receives funding from the NSF. Pavlo Antonenko works for the University of Florida and receives funding from the NSF. Most kids have a natural ...