The megalodon went extinct 3.6 million years ago, and is thought to be the largest shark that ever swam the Earth. But there's debate over what it looked like. Most scientists have described it as ...

The largest shark discovered to date — the monstrous Otodus megalodon — may have been a sleek, long-bodied leviathan.. A fresh look at the extinct predator’s fossilized remains suggests its ...

Faster than any shark alive today and big enough to eat an orca in just five bites: A new study suggests the extinct shark known as a megalodon was an even more impressive superpredator than ...

Although extinct for millions of years, observers wonder whether the big-toothed megalodon shark could still exist somewhere in the ocean’s deepest reaches. Skip to main content.

Ancient megalodon and great white sharks might not be that similar, study finds The Meg, a horror flick from 2018, might have you think the Megalodon looks like an enlarged Great White.

The massive Megalodon had a staggering 100,000 kilocalories-per-day nutritional demand—which it didn't always fill as expected.

A new study has found that the Megalodon shark was actually not like a gigantic great white shark. The prehistoric megatooth shark was a more slender shark than previous studies have suggested.

What made megalodon such a terrifying predator? New research holds clues. The giant shark’s partial warm-bloodedness may have allowed it to thrive as an efficient, dominant hunter for nearly 20 ...

Michael Nastasio, who has been hunting shark teeth in Florida for 12 years, discovered a fully-intact megalodon shark tooth that was 6.25 inches (15.87 cm) long — only about an inch smaller than ...