Because the much smaller modern-day great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) has similar chompers, Megalodon has often been ...

A Fresh Look At Megalodon’s True Size Estimating the size of a species that went extinct 3.6 million years ago is no easy ...

Back in 1843, Swiss naturalist Louis Agassiz gave this shark its initial scientific name, Carcharodon megalodon, based on tooth remains. But more than 150 years on, additional fossil evidence from ...

When megalodon was first described, it was named Carcharodon megalodon and was suggested to be the immediate ancestor of the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias). Consequently, the Calvert ...

Definitely don't follow him on Twitter. The Megalodon has been sparking our imaginations for centuries. It was given its name, "Carcharodon megalodon", in 1843. Before then some scientists ...

The megalodon shark occupies a shadowy realm between fact and fiction. The massive prehistoric fish, thought to reach lengths up to 60 feet, really did exist millions of years ago; it even has an ...

Fiction on Friday. The Megalodon shark—scientific name Carcharodon megalodon—was bigger than any great white shark to swim the ocean. Scientists still debate the exact size of the ancient ...

Using sophisticated computer modelling techniques they have also calculated that the bite force of the great white's extinct relative, the gigantic fossil species Carcharodon megalodon (also known ...

Carcharodon megalodon, or more commonly megalodon, was such a beast; it prowled the seas some 10 million years ago until its extinction approximately 1.5-2 million years ago. Much of what is known ...