Roaming the ancient seas eons ago, the megalodon shark eviscerated its prey with jaws that were 10 feet wide.

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

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

(Rui Palma/iStock/Getty Images Plus) Long before Megalodon ruled the seas, something just as unsettling may have lurked in ...

Maryland lawmakers voted to designate the massive, prehistoric megalodon as the state's official shark. The passed ...

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

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

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 ...

Megalodon secrets that rewrite ocean history New research is transforming our understanding of the megalodon, revealing it as ...

Maryland is poised to be the first state in the country to designate its own state shark — the megalodon. In a last-minute ...

The megalodon—the biggest shark to have ever lived—may not looked like an overgrown great white shark, as it is often portrayed, scientists have said. Commonly known as the megalodon, this species of ...

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 ...