A new study provides many new insights into the biology of the prehistoric gigantic shark megalodon (megatooth shark), which lived nearly worldwide 15–3.6 million years ago. Paleobiology professor ...

A recent study has reshaped our understanding of megalodon (Otodus megalodon), the legendary prehistoric shark that ruled the oceans millions of years ago. Long believed to resemble an oversized great ...

A new study proposes that the massive ancient shark was built more slenderly than a great white. But not all paleontologists ...

Formally called Otodus megalodon, the prehistoric predator is known not just for its size but for its distinctive serrated teeth. Because the much smaller modern-day great white shark (Carcharodon ...

The Megalodon ruled the oceans for nearly 15 million years before going extinct 3.6 million years ago. At around three times the size of the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), it was the ...

Paleobiology Professor Kenshu Shimada is leading a study alongside 28 experts. A new scientific study offers significant ...

Megalodon tooth fossils are serrated and resemble the teeth of modern-day great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias), which previously led researchers to assume that megalodon looked similar to ...

As one of the largest predators to have ever lived, megalodon captures people's imagination - and for good reason. But was this apex predator simply a beefed-up great white shark, and is it still ...

More there’s something about Megalodon that grips the imagination like no other. Fossilized shark teeth are some of the most abundant remnants of prehistoric oceans, providing scientists with ...

Could the Carcharodon Megalodon - the largest marine predator that ever existed - still be alive - and on the hunt?

Formally called Otodus megalodon, it is primarily known only ... Although much smaller, the modern-day great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) also has serrated teeth, and thus the prehistoric ...

As one of the largest predators to have ever lived, megalodon captures people's imagination - and for good reason. But was this apex predator simply a beefed-up great white shark, and is it still ...