After years of searching with his dad, fifth-grader Jaxon Hinton uncovered a remarkably preserved prehistoric shark tooth ...
Maryland could soon have a state shark. The massive predator’s fossilized teeth can still be found around the state.
You wouldn’t think staring down the mouth of the largest shark ever could provide a bit of levity for a gathering of people charged with making crucial decisions. But Tuesday ...
It's a discovery millions of years in the making: In early March, a 10-year-old Maryland boy found a megalodon tooth, and now ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Megalodons went extinct about 3.6 million years ago, but their fossils are all over Maryland. While the mighty megalodon is not ...
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Kids Push for Megalodon as Maryland's State Shark

Young students from Southern Maryland and Prince George’s County testified before Maryland’s Senate Education, Energy and ...
It's a rite of Annapolis. Every year Maryland legislators hear requests for commemorative pieces of legislation and official ...
The megalodon tooth 7-year-old Foster Frazier found back in June. The tooth is estimated to be over 5 inches long. Photo provided by Tina Frazier. While finding shark teeth on the beach isn’t uncommon ...
Otodus megalodon, the biggest shark of all time, has long captured the imaginations of paleontologists and the public alike. Scientific fascination spawns from the sheer enormity of their fossilized ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand(AP) — In the age of dinosaurs — before whales, great whites or the bus-sized megalodon — a monstrous shark prowled the waters off what's now northern Australia, among the sea ...