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 ...

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 ...

The largest are around 7 inches long. A megalodon tooth fossil in the National Museum of Natural History's collection was found in Beaufort County, North Carolina. Smithsonian Institution Coupled ...

A lucky Florida family found a "one-in-a-lifetime" fossil that belonged to one of the biggest predators that ever roamed the ocean. Bricen Columbia, 19, found a 6.5-inch megalodon tooth in South ...

A prehistoric food fight may have spelled the end for the megalodon, the largest shark that ever lived. A study of the ocean giant's fossil teeth suggests it had to compete for food with another ...

Fossilized teeth, up to 7.48 inches (19 cm) long, provide most of the evidence for understanding their size, diet and ecological role. The megalodon shark has intrigued scientists and the public ...

Just in time for summer, the megalodon—the ancient, city bus-sized shark known as the “Megatooth”—has reared its ravenous snout. While the oceans are now safe from the Megatooth, which went extinct an ...

The megalodon lived in most parts of the ocean (except near the north and south pole). The most northern fossils are found off the coast of Denmark and the most southern in New Zealand.

As academics fear being priced out of the fossil market, a private company announced that it aims to raise $13.75 million by ...

Until now, only the length of the Otodus Megalodon, as featured in the 2018 film The Meg, had been estimated from fossils of its teeth. However a team from Swansea and Bristol universities have ...

Megalodon is believed to be the biggest member of a giant shark species (Otodontidae) “as well as the largest fish that ever lived”, according to Encyclopedia Britannica. Fossil remains ...

“Maintaining an energy level that would allow for megalodon’s elevated body temperature ... Michael Griffiths and Martin Becker, looked at fossilized teeth to determine that Megalodons swam ...