triangular teeth. ‘Sharks have been around for 420 million years,’ explains Emma Bernard, our Fossil Fish Curator. ‘In that time, there have been as many as 5,000 different species. One of the reasons ...

Adeline Mauck of Warrenton, Virginia, was walking the beach in Wildwood Crest during the Thanksgiving weekend and found this ...

Stick to these tips: At Caspersen Beach, you can find a variety of shark teeth. Here are some common types: For a detailed identification guide, check out the Fossil Shark Teeth ID Guide.

Wading in knee-deep waters, that's exactly what she found: a tooth belonging to the now-extinct Otodus megalodon shark species. A local marine museum's curator called it a "once-in-a-lifetime kind ...