Since Steven Spielberg's “Jaws” in 1975, sharks have boasted a serious pop culture bite. But when it comes to dealing with a trendier toothy menace ... well, we’re going to need a bigger boat. The ...

It remains a sad fact of this world that we will never know for certain what the long-lost megalodon truly looked like – but a new study gives us what may be the most accurate reconstruction yet. An ...

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 some ...

Megalodon, a giant prehistoric shark, ruled the oceans millions of years ago. The conventional view of megalodon as simply a ...

The ocean’s ultimate predator once hunted whales with ease. Here’s why the world’s biggest shark eventually vanished off the ...

While movie megalodon is heightened for entertainment, the real thing was still huge. Megalodon was a white or mackerel shark, related to today’s great white shark. Some believe the whale shark is ...

For millions of years, the apex predator of the oceans was a bus-sized shark known as the Megalodon. But around 2.6 million years ago they just disappeared, and nobody really knows why. So what could ...

July 14 -- At a length of 70 feet, armed with razor-sharp 7-inch teeth and with the strongest bite force of any known animal to ever roam or swim the Earth, the megalodon was no joke. With ...

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 valuable 4-inch long tooth belonging to a Megalodon—the biggest shark that ever lived—has been taken from a remote and supposedly secret location at an Australian World Heritage site, according to ...

“Baby shark” has taken on a whole new meaning. Newborn megalodon sharks were supersized fish larger than most adult humans, a new study suggests. An analysis of the growth rates of the ancient ocean ...

1: The fossil tooth was thought to be the 'dragon's tongue' Megalodon's teeth can reach 10-12 cm in length, so people in medieval Europe thought that the fossils of Megalodon's teeth were petrified by ...