Megalodons are considered the largest sharks, and possibly the largest fish, to have ever roamed Earth’s oceans. They lived ...

Megalodon and great white sharks may have eaten the same prey animals millions of years ago, according to a new study of their teeth.

These are the kinds of shark teeth discovered in burial sites and other ceremonial remains of the inland Maya communities. From left to right, there's a fossilized megalodon tooth, great white ...

Tooth size comparison between extinct Early Pliocene Otodus megalodon tooth and a modern great white shark. By CNN.com Wire Service PUBLISHED: May 31, 2022 at 12:42 PM PDT ...

If great white sharks made a big enough dent in the shared food supply, they could have contributed to the megalodon's eventual extinction, about 3 million years ago.

Great white sharks and megalodon, which once coexisted, likely hunted some of the same prey. This competition could potentially have been one reason why megalodon went extinct, a new study has ...

Ancient great white sharks could have driven their massive megalodon cousins into extinction by stealing their prey, a new study has revealed. Researchers investigated shark teeth and discovered ...

Megalodon dominated its ocean ecosystem — until great white sharks came along. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works .

By contrast, the famous great white shark only reaches a length of 6 m (20 ft) and weighs in at around 2,268 kg (5,000 lb), but recent studies of zinc isotopes in the teeth of modern and fossil ...

“The remarkably simple evidence that O. megalodon had a more slender body than the great white shark was hidden in plain sight,” said Kenshu Shimada, a DePaul University paleobiology professor ...

In this study, researchers analyzed zinc stable isotope ratios in modern and fossil shark teeth from around the world, including teeth of megalodon and modern and fossil great white sharks.