In 1996, archaeologists hurriedly conducted excavations at a 13th-century coastal fishing site on Santa Catarina Island in southern Brazil before construction for a condo development began.

would probably not be the first place you would expect an ancient shark species to have been discovered. But the world is full of surprises, as scientists recently unc o vered teeth from a 300 ...

It was also around this time that the first plants invaded the land. The earliest shark-like teeth we have come from an Early Devonian (410-million-year-old) fossil belonging to an ancient fish called ...

The shark-tooth study was published in the journal Nature Communications on Tuesday. Teeth are some of the best-preserved remnants of ancient sharks, partially thanks to the fluoride in their enamel.

A newly discovered species of ancient shark has been named after ... or any other dinosaurs that happened into its streams. This shark had teeth that were good for catching small fish or crushing ...

"Orthacanthus was a three-metre-long xenacanth shark with a dorsal spine, an eel-like body, and tricusped teeth," he said. "There is already evidence from fossilized stomach contents that ancient ...

Just a 10-minute stroll from Abbey Wood station lies more than just a typical park to walk for dog walks or picnics. Lesnes ...

A six-year-old boy has found a shark tooth belonging to a giant prehistoric megalodon that ... very excited as we'd seen fragments of shark teeth on the beach, but nothing as big and heavy as ...