Basking sharks and megalodon sharks are some of the largest species of sharks that have ever existed. Fossil records indicate that the ancestors of the basking shark lived 35 million years ago, while ...

The biggest, most formidable shark to have ever roamed the ocean may have been even larger than previously thought, according to a new study. The research, published Sunday in the journal ...

What’s more, he and his coauthors posit that megalodon was slenderer than previously thought, closer in build to a sleek lemon shark than a chunky great white, according to the study published ...

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 ...

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 ...

The study helps confirm the hypothesis that the megalodon was not “merely a gigantic version of the modern-day great white shark,” as previously thought, said Phillip Sternes, an educator at ...

The giant extinct shark species known as the megalodon has captured the interest of scientists and the general public alike, even inspiring the 2018 blockbuster film The Meg. The species lived ...

A new study proposes that the massive ancient shark was built more slenderly than a great white. But not all paleontologists agree. This illustration of megalodon may be wrong. The ancient ...

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.