Nothing strikes fear in the hearts of humans like a shark fin in shallow water. They are often portrayed as silent killers, scouring the ocean for prey. Their cold, fearsome reputation has influenced ...

“But they do have a cartilage skeleton, a shark-like skull and jaw, and at least some shark-like teeth, which were often fused together.” By the middle of the Devonian, 380 million years ago, the ...

An autopsy later revealed an 18.6-centimetre fragment of swordfish bill embedded in its skull. “When I realised that there was a swordfish bill inside the shark’s head, I was astonished ...

What if you could hold a hawk’s talon, examine a fossilized shark tooth, or study a coyote skull—all from your own classroom or living room?

The shark was alive when it was pulled from the ... known as a rostrum, lodged in its skull. Blue sharks (Prionace glauca) and swordfish (Xiphias gladius) are both opportunistic apex predators ...