Paleobiologist Dr. Kenshu Shimada has been fascinated by fossil sharks, including the giant Otodus megalodon, since childhood — he found his first megalodon tooth at 13 years old. So when he saw the ...

Megalodon lived. Past tense. The largest shark ever, and arguably the largest predator, went extinct 2.6 million or more years ago. And it has stayed that way. But Hollywood sequel makers will be ...

The ocean’s ultimate predator once hunted whales with ease. Here’s why the world’s biggest shark eventually vanished off the ...

The megalodon is a prehistoric ancestor of the modern-day shark, and just like it preceded the shark, National Megalodon Day precedes Shark Week. National Megalodon Day is June 15. The Discovery ...

A newly described fossil from northern Australia reveals an 8 meter mega-shark that hunted in the age of dinosaurs, long ...

The largest marine predator that ever lived was no cold-blooded killer. Well, a killer, yes. But a new analysis by environmental scientists from UCLA, UC Merced and William Paterson University sheds ...

The biggest, most formidable shark to have ever roamed the ocean may have been even larger than previously thought, according to a new study. The research, published Sunday in the journal ...

The megalodon is an infamous prehistoric creature, known for being a monstrous beast, often portrayed in films and books. But scientists have actually discovered that this infamous beast may have been ...

A battle between a megalodon and a blue whale sounds thrilling on paper, but in reality, these giants were separated by millions of years, which might be for the best. The megalodon, an enormous shark ...

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How the megalodon, a shark that went extinct 3.6 million years ago, stayed warm was a matter of speculation among scientists. Using an analysis of tooth fossils from the megalodon and other sharks of ...