Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Sharks do not have bones. Sharks are elasmobranchs, meaning they are made of cartilaginous tissues. Other elasmobranchs ...

A shark attack survivor is opening about the moment he was attacked by a 9-foot bull shark, saying it was like being hit by a 'freight train' and he 'could see my bones' afterwards.

Sharks don’t have bones. Their skeletons are made of cartilage - the same soft, flexible stuff as your ears and the tip of your nose are made of. This is true for all sharks, from the formidable great ...

Megalodon, the largest shark, was probably slimmer and longer than previously believed, a new study has revealed. Scientists ...

The debate remains unresolved in part due to sharks lacking bones and discovering cartilage skeletons is relatively rare. Still, several fossilized records of the megalodon have been discovered ...

Some animals have jaws so powerful they can break bones, crack shells, or even split steel. These beasts use their crushing force to hunt, defend, and survive in the wild. Curious to see which ...

A small but fascinating collection of Megalodon teeth exhibit deep bite marks from other Megalodons, raising questions about ...

A volunteer at the Field Museum, where Sue resides, discovered the shark’s teeth in sediment left over from when the dinosaur’s bones were pulled from the ground. “Most of its body wasn’t preserved, ...

As a shark, megalodon is part of the family of cartilaginous fishes. “They have a very poorly mineralized skeleton. There are no true bones that make the skeleton hard,” Shimada said.

The tip of a megalodon tooth is preserved in this fossil whale rib bone Most reconstructions show megalodon looking like an enormous great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias. This is now believed to ...

Scientists have found ancient nail tooth shark fossils deep inside Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, revealing new information about ...