A megalodon tooth found suspiciously close to two fractured whale vertebrae may reflect one small whale's heroic escape from the jaws of a giant prehistoric shark.

Scientists unearthed evidence that a small whale was ambushed, bitten, and dramatically thrashed by a megalodon, providing more proof that the extinct shark species was a dominant, ferocious predator.

For decades, the giant ancient shark Otodus megalodon has loomed in our imaginations as a horror of the ancient seas — an enormous, meat-seeking missile evolved to annihilate whales and nothing less.

For decades, scientists assumed that Otodus megalodon—the largest predatory fish in Earth’s history—fed almost exclusively on whales to fuel its enormous body. Stretching up to 79 feet (24 ...

The massive megalodon was not hunting only large marine mammals such as whales as researchers widely thought, a new study of minerals in fossilized teeth has found.

Extinct megalodon shark was even bigger than previously thought New research reignites debate over the size of this extinct giant, also suggesting it looked unlike a great white ...

Science widely assumed that megalodon's main calorie intake was in the form of whales. At least that's what it did should a whale come long, says Dr. Jeremy McCormack from the Department of ...

The Meg was shaped more like a whale than the giant great white shark in the Jason Statham movies, suggests new research. Megalodon, the prehistoric ocean hunter, was a "longer, sleeker super ...

How big is a megalodon shark? Does megalodon still exist? Our fossil fish expert Emma Bernard cuts through the hype and reveals facts about the largest shark that ever lived, from size and diet to its ...

How big is a megalodon shark? Does megalodon still exist? Our fossil fish expert Emma Bernard cuts through the hype and reveals facts about the largest shark that ever lived, from size and diet to its ...