Using scanning electron microscopy, researchers analyzed the way teeth changed over time in more acidic conditions. They ...

After an 800-mile journey, the hunt for ancient fossils began at the world-famous Calvert Cliffs. These shores are home to ...

Ghost sharks have evolved rows of true teeth on a bizarre forehead rod used for mating. Fossil and genetic evidence revealed the tenaculum’s teeth develop the same way as those inside the mouth, ...

Shark teeth are a marvel of evolution. They are so sharp that many island cultures once used them as weapons and tools to hunt and cut up meat. Unlike human teeth, shark teeth line the mouths of these ...

Male "ghost sharks"—eerie deep-sea fish known as chimaeras that are related to sharks and rays—have a strange rod jutting from their foreheads, studded with sharp, retractable teeth. New research ...

Twenty-five local fishing captains volunteered for the 2025 Venice Shark Tooth Fishing Tournament. The event provided a day of fishing for 35 athletes with disabilities from The Haven. The Crow's Nest ...

CT (computed tomography) scan of the adult male Spotted Ratfish frontal clasper (Tenaculum) covered in rows of teeth (rainbow colors). Male “ghost sharks” — eerie deep-sea fish known as chimaeras that ...

Scientists studied how the sea creatures, also known as chimaeras or ghost sharks, ended up with one of evolution’s most bizarre appendages. By Jack Tamisiea Life in the ocean’s dark depths can be ...

It’s coming soon to your city. Fire. Destruction. Chaos. And death. You love to see it in the movies. But are you prepared to ...

Researchers have discovered that male spotted ratfish, a type of ghost shark, possess teeth on their foreheads used for grasping females during mating. This challenges the traditional understanding ...

The Academy Museum is opening its largest single-film show yet, collecting props and artifacts from a movie that invented the ...

Even the fiercest predators in the sea aren’t immune to climate change—and their weakness may lie in a place no one expected. Sharks have earned their fearsome reputation thanks to jaws lined with ...