A new study proposes that the massive ancient shark was built more slenderly than a great white. But not all paleontologists ...

More there’s something about Megalodon that grips the imagination like no other. Fossilized shark teeth are some of the most abundant remnants of prehistoric oceans, providing scientists with ...

When fossil hunting, genuine megalodon teeth can be distinguished from other shark teeth by their large size (often exceeding 4 inches), triangular shape, and distinctive serrated edges.

A Saint John auction house has opened online bidding on a collection of megalodon shark teeth that are millions of years old.

Megalodon may have been up to 80 feet long, but the colossal extinct shark was also probably thinner than scientists ...

New research suggests that the prehistoric megalodon, the biggest shark known to have existed, was even larger than we ...

serrated teeth. But Sternes said those studies relied on assumptions about similarities between only the two shark species. The new study compared megalodon fossils with more than 150 living ...

The now-extinct megalodon shark may have been larger than first believed, reaching lengths of 80 feet (24.3 meters), according to a new study published in Palaeontologia Electronica last week. This is ...

In many ways, the so-called "monster shark" is regularly ... revisited an analysis of fossilized placoid scales, or tiny tooth-like scales that cover sharks, from the megalodon.

The giant extinct shark species known as the megalodon has captured the interest of scientists and the general public alike, ...

While fans of the movie and novel “Jaws” might envision an encounter with a 22-foot great white shark as being daunting, ...