Unlike in “The Meg,” the prehistoric megalodon never coexisted with humans, but between 15 million and 3.6 million years ago, ...

New research suggests that the prehistoric megalodon, the biggest shark known to have existed, was even larger than we thought.

Unlike in “The Meg,” the prehistoric megalodon never coexisted ... megalodon fossils scientists have unearthed. As a shark, megalodon is part of the family of cartilaginous fishes.

Yet back then, any one of these creatures could become prey to the ocean's fiercest apex predator: the megalodon, a giant shark with massive teeth and a body the size of a whale. In many ways ...

The staggering size of the prehistoric killing machine ... would've looked more like a modern lemon shark. Scientists previously thought that the megalodon would've looked more like a great ...

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 ...

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 ...

Everyone's favorite prehistoric shark may have been much sleeker and much larger than previously thought. A new study suggests that the megalodon wasn't as stocky as the great white shark ...

The megalodon has long been imagined as an enormous great white shark, but new research suggests that perception is all wrong. The study finds the prehistoric hunter had a much longer body—closer in ...

The giant extinct shark species known as the megalodon has captured the interest of scientists and the general public alike, even inspiring the 2018 blockbuster film The Meg. The species lived ...