This was a discovery they could really sink their teeth into. A rare smalltooth sawfish, considered a “prehistoric” shark relative with an eye-popping 32 teeth affixed to its exterior, was recently ...

A first ever video of “the most primitive of the modern sharks” in the wild was unveiled this week by Beneath the Waves, a research nonprofit devoted to shark conservation. The minute-long video, ...

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Dive into Alabama’s prehistoric past as we uncover bizarre primitive shark fossils and other incredible marine relics from ancient ocean beds. This fossil hunting adventure reveals the wild creatures ...

A fishing trawler has pulled up a fascinating example of a living fossil. Frill sharks are one of the earliest types of sharks and date back 80 million years. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) ...

Cartilaginous fish have changed much more in the course of their evolutionary history than previously believed. Evidence for this thesis has been provided by new fossils of a ray-like shark, ...