Learn how a study of fossilized teeth has changed what we thought we knew about megalodon’s diet.

Kristina Scott found a 6-inch megalodon shark tooth ... This ancient shark species is about three times the size of the modern great white shark, and is known as the largest shark to ever live.

The massive megalodon was not hunting only large marine mammals such as whales as researchers widely thought, a new study of ...

Otodus megalodon was the largest predatory fish in Earth's history. Measuring up to 24 meters, it was longer than a truck with a trailer and weighed almost twice as much. Embedded in its jaws were ...

Scientists previously assumed the giant, prehistoric sharks mostly feasted on whales, but it turns out they probably weren’t ...

published an illustration of fossilized megalodon teeth next to the head of a white shark. Ever since then, paleontologists have stuck with the tradition of using a great white shark as the model ...

"Although shark teeth are abundant in the fossil record ... The association between the megalodon and the great white shark has been made popular because of movies like "The Meg." ...

A megalodon tooth next to a tooth of a great white shark. The largest megalodon tooth ever found is almost 18 centimetres long. By comparison, great white teeth are usually about five centimetres long ...

The usual way to guess at the size of a megalodon is by taking tooth measurements – and ... It's previously been thought to look like a great white shark – and that's how it's depicted in ...

“Our research team found that the modern great white shark with a rather ... placoid scales, or tiny tooth-like scales that cover sharks, from the megalodon. What they found was that these ...

Instead of relying solely on tooth size, they examined megalodon vertebrae and compared ... had a body shape more like a lemon shark than a great white. Unlike the bulky, powerfully built great ...

Megalodon teeth as long as 7 inches have been found, while most are smaller, ranging between 3 inches and 5 inches. A great white shark's teeth typically are a little over 2 inches. Megalodon ...