The study helps confirm the hypothesis that the megalodon was not “merely a gigantic ... an educator at SeaWorld San Diego and a researcher on the project. Instead, the shark could have closer ...

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 ...

Few prehistoric monsters capture the imagination quite like the megalodon. From natural history museums to the silver screen, this colossal shark, which went extinct over three million years ago ...

Instead, minerals in fossilized teeth reveal that megalodon might have been an opportunistic feeder to meet its remarkable 100,000-calorie-per-day requirement. “When available, it would probably ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. If you picture a megalodon, chances are you envision what amounts to a gigantic great white shark. The image is understandable ...

But not all paleontologists agree. This illustration of megalodon may be wrong. The ancient predatory shark went extinct around 3.6 million years ago and has been compared to modern great white ...

A necklace carrying the tooth of a prehistoric shark known as a megalodon has been discovered ... The necklace was discovered by Magellan during a project to produce a full-size digital scan ...

“Carcharocles megalodon was once the most fearsome predator to reign the seas. This ancient shark lived roughly 23 to 3.6 million years ago in nearly every corner of the ocean.

Artist Gary Staab assembles the massive megalodon. A scale model at the bottom right shows what the finished creature will look like. Ryan Donnell When I reached the world’s pre-eminent sculptor ...