The mighty megalodon is the most famous extinct shark on earth – with giant jaws and a tremendous size that inspire myths and ...

When Jaws first aired, scientists didn’t know how long sharks took to reproduce, or how many offspring a white shark could ...

The largest shark to ever live was likely the mighty megalodon ( Otodus megalodon ), which swam in prehistoric oceans from 23 to 3.6 million years ago and is now definitely extinct. Paleontologists ...

Paleontologists have long suspected that Megalodon was a top predator based on its massive size, tooth morphology, and fossil evidence showing bite marks on whale bones.

Nature Not just sharks and whales: giant megalodon’s true prey finally revealed A recent study has shed new light on the apparent eating habits of the megalodon, an extinct shark that dominated ...

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.

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 ...

When did the megalodon shark go extinct, and why? – Landon, age 10 Imagine traveling back in time and observing the oceans of 5 million years ago. As you stand on an ancient shoreline, you see several ...

(via PBS Eons) Unlike in fiction, giant whales do not emerge fully-formed from the ocean deep. So, where did Livyatan melvillei come from? How did such a large predator live? And what caused the titan ...