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

Maryland has a new state shark, and it's sure to make some waves. The state legislature this week designated the Megalodon ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lead study author Jeremy McCormack of Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, holds up a fossilized megalodon tooth. - Uwe ...

Maryland is set to become the first US state with its own officially designated shark: the megalodon, the largest shark to ...

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

On Monday, the Maryland Senate and House of Delegates approved legislation designating Otodus megalodon — the megalodon — as ...

Megalodons were massive predators that ruled the world's oceans. Hugo Saláis via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 4.0 For nearly 20 million years, megalodons prowled the world’s oceans. The massive ...

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(CNN) — What scientists understand about the voracious feeding habits of the colossal megalodon could be up for some revision. The prehistoric predator that went extinct about 3.6 million years ago ...