indicating that this ancient megafauna’s charisma is still a major draw for audiences raised on “Shark Week.” But what’s the real megalodon all about? Thankfully, there are some facts in ...

As a shark, megalodon is part of the family of cartilaginous fishes. “They have a very poorly mineralized skeleton. There are no true bones that make the skeleton hard,” Shimada said.

"Our study tends rather to draw a picture of megalodon as an ecologically versatile generalist," McCormack added. The shark's diet also greatly varied depending on its location and regional ...

Was the Megalodon shark actually as massive and monstrous as it has looked in sci-fi movies? A new study has found that the Megalodon shark was actually not like a gigantic great white shark.

The researchers examined fossilized megalodon teeth, which are more or less all that has remained of the cartilaginous fish that gave the shark its ... tends rather to draw a picture of megalodon ...