But that’s not true. Megalodons are extinct. They died out about 3.5 million years ago. And scientists know this because, ...

I grew up visiting the American Museum of Natural History regularly, and a recent visit convinced me that it's still the best ...

Scientists have discovered that the long-extinct megalodon, also known as the megatooth shark, had a body temperature 7 degrees Celsius warmer than the surrounding seawater. This information might ...

Scientists have gained more insight into an extinct species of archaic humans after confirmation that the oldest human fossil in Taiwan is the remains of a Denisovan. Analysis of proteins extracted ...

MOOSE JAW — Moose Jaw has received more than $30 million over the past 20 years for infrastructure funding from the federal government and is hoping for more money to support an important wastewater ...

At the forefront of hit movies like “Jaws,” “47 Meters Down” and “Sharknado,” sharks are often represented as fearsome, dangerous creatures — despite posing a statistically low risk to humans.

A teenager in Iowa discovered a 34,000-year-old mastodon jaw, offering a rare glimpse into the Ice Age giants that once roamed the region. The story behind the jaw’s discovery is as remarkable as the ...

A ground-breaking study shows the most detailed map of a mammal's brain to date. The 3D blueprints display more than two miles of neural wiring, close to 100,000 nerve cells, and about 500 million ...

In one memorable moment, host Ross Greenwood quizzed Mr Chalmers over whether he had a glass jaw, and Mr Taylor on whether he wasn’t prepared to put in the hard yards.

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A father of two has been jailed for breaking a woman’s jaw before punching and kicking her friend when she intervened in the “nasty” attack. Car valet Hugh McDonagh (25), of The Brosna ...

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