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

Fossil Funatics takes guests to area rivers in Wauchula, Fla., to help uncover fossils of sharks, mammoths, bison, mastodons ...

Researchers estimate that the megalodon moved at a moderate speed, reserving its accelerations for hunting prey. This swimming strategy ... Paleontologists often use partial fossils, such as vertebrae ...

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 ...

since childhood — he found his first megalodon tooth at 13 years old. So when he saw the 2018 blockbuster “The Meg,” he thought something was fishy. Not only did the movie depict the long ...

(Graham Thompson/CBC) A Saint John auction house has opened online bidding on a collection of megalodon shark teeth that are millions of years old. Sarah Jones, curator at Jones Auction House ...

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 ...

Past studies have estimated the megalodon’s length and body shape by comparing it to the great white shark, which has similar large, serrated teeth. But Sternes said those studies relied on ...