ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Walking the sandy beaches of the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River in Southern Maryland offers a serene escape for outdoor enthusiasts, with the added thrill of uncovering prehistoric ...

Molly Sampson, age nine, knew exactly what she wanted for Christmas this past December: a pair of insulated wading boots. With the boots, she told her mom, she could go out into the water at Calvert ...

Molly Sampson, a 9-year-old from Prince Frederick, Maryland, discovered a 5-inch megalodon tooth while fossil hunting in the ...

The last comprehensive review of the fossil vertebrates from the Miocene of Calvert Cliffs was published more than 100 years ago. This volume is a collection of papers that updates some of the ...

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