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

Using a great white to "reconstruct the body form of Megalodon lacks empirical fossil support," says the the study by 26 shark experts. The study, published by the journal Palaeontologia Electronica ...

In reality, the fearsome 80-foot-long megalodon was. Likely not a picky eater. New research suggests that this prehistoric ...

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

Unlike bone, cartilage is seldom preserved in the fossil record ... traditionally assumed that the megalodon was closely related to the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) and even ...

The replicas seen at many museums are all based on size estimates from teeth or other partial fossils. Photograph by Alexander Demianchuk, Reuters/Redux Like great white sharks, the megalodon had ...

Otodus megalodon was the largest predatory fish in Earth's history. Measuring up to 24 meters, it was longer than a truck ...

Along with teeth, the existing fossil record includes parts ... to question the underlying assumption that megalodon looked like a huge great white shark. In reviewing a August 2022 paper, in ...

This interpretation makes megalodon look just like a great white shark, but new research ... and anatomists analyzed partial megalodon fossils alongside the morphology of both existing and extinct ...

Great white ties: Based on details of Megalodon's fossil teeth, most researchers think they were relatives of the modern great white (Carcharodon carcharias), which is the largest species of ...

A recent diving trip off the coast of Florida resulted in an ancient discovery. Kristina Scott found a 6-inch megalodon shark tooth while fossil diving in Venice. She said she’s been fossil diving for ...