The megalodon went extinct 3.6 million years ago, and is thought to be the largest shark that ever swam the Earth. But the megalodon may not have been as big as once thought, some researchers suggest.

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 ...

A newly described fossil from northern Australia reveals an 8 meter mega-shark that hunted in the age of dinosaurs, long before the famous Megalodon ever evolved. By pushing the origin of giant ...

Fossils have a way of captivating everyone, no matter their profession or the species unearthed, but there’s something about Megalodon that grips the imagination like no other. Fossilized shark teeth ...

A humungous shark that lived 115 million years ago surpassed the size of modern-day great whites, paleontologists discovered ...

WASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters) - The megalodon, a huge shark that was the scourge of the ancient oceans and is a star in modern movie theaters, is named for its "large tooth" - and for good reason. Its ...

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 ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - There’s plenty of history laying deep within the rivers surrounding Savannah. We’ve seen cannon, and ships hundreds of years old unearthed. But one man is more interested in ...

VENICE, Fla. - A recent diving trip off the coast of Florida resulted in an ancient discovery. Kristina Scott found a 6-inch megalodon shark tooth while fossil diving in Venice. She said she's been ...

There's something fascinating and terrifying about sharks that seem to lurk deep in the human subconscious. Movies like 1975's Jaws, about a monstrously oversized great white shark, tapped into the ...

A giant megalodon shark may have broken a whale's back in a vicious attack around 15 million years ago, according to a study. The paper, published in the journal Palaeontologia Electronica, documents ...