Megalodon, the terror of the Neogene, dominated its giant shark niche for just 20 million years before it disappeared from the world's oceans. And, during that time ...

Researchers in the U.K. have revealed the true size of the megalodon, the prehistoric giant shark of Hollywood fame. Experts from the University of Bristol and Swansea University have shed new light ...

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Fifty years after Jaws hit theaters, and there’s still a lot we don’t know about sharks, which lends to their reputation as mysterious predators. There’s even more we don’t know about ancient sharks, ...

Analyzing if Megalodon was simply a giant version of a great white shark or a separate species.

The megalodon went extinct 3.6 million years ago, and is thought to be the largest shark that ever swam the Earth. But there's debate over what it looked like. Most scientists have described it as a ...