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If you feel your family has visited all the “usual” tourist destinations in Alabama, why not get quirky this summer? We came ...
Magnified microscope image of a zebra shark (Stegostoma tigrinum) jaw. They have 20 to 30 rows of teeth in each jaw, each a new generation ready to move into position like on a conveyor belt.
Fifty years after “Jaws” sunk its teeth into us, we’re still admiring the bite mark. Steven Spielberg’s 1975 film, his second ...
Goblin Shark: The Deep-Sea Enigma image credits: pixabay Often called a “living fossil,” the goblin shark has remained virtually unchanged for 125 million years, representing one of the most primitive ...
"These sharks were getting bigger and bigger. These sharks' teeth were 3-to-4-inches long and 3-inches wide. These things made great white sharks look like minnows." ...
The main appeal of the Calvert Cliff Red Trail and the cliffs overall is that you can find fossils on the beach and keep them. There are seashells, of course, but the big draw is the shark teeth. This ...
"They bloat and float and they get scavenged," Starnes said. "That's where the bite marks come from." So, what would eat a 70-foot whale? "Some of the largest sharks that ever lived," Starnes said.