Researchers in the U.K. have revealed the true size of the megalodon, the prehistoric giant shark of Hollywood fame. Experts from the University of Bristol and Swansea University have shed new light ...

A newly described fossil from northern Australia reveals an 8 meter mega-shark that hunted in the age of dinosaurs, long ...

According to a paper published earlier this year in Communications Biology, a massive shark that exceeded the size of ...

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 ...

Megalodon was a true monster shark – with one tooth the size of your hand and a body so big it would make a great white shark look like a tuna. Fortunately for those who like to swim in the ocean, ...

Megalodon (scientific name: Carcharocles megalodon) is a member of the extinct species of megatooth shark (scientific name: Otodontidae) that went extinct around 2.6 million years ago. Megalodon, ...

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In the age of dinosaurs — before whales, great whites or the bus-sized megalodon — a monstrous shark prowled the waters off what's now northern Australia, among the sea monsters of the Cretaceous ...