The megalodon, which went extinct millions of years ago, was the largest shark ever documented and one of the largest fish on record. The scientific name, Carcharocles megalodon, means "giant tooth." ...

Megalodon, the biggest shark to have ever lived, may not have looked like an uber great white shark as is generally assumed — but instead may have been longer and thinner, scientists have revealed.

What scientists understand about the voracious feeding habits of the colossal megalodon could be up for some revision. The prehistoric predator that went extinct about 3.6 million years ago was not ...

Twenty million years ago, the Megalodon was king of the oceans. The largest shark that ever lived. It ate other mega sharks ...

Getty Image By now, I am sure you have heard of the infamous Megalodon. With films out like The Meg, it is hard to have never ...

Compared to the megalodon, a shark which was the dominant marine predator until vanishing 2 million years ago, the great white shark, which terrorized beach-goers in the movie "Jaws," was a guppie.

As one of the largest predators to have ever lived, megalodon captures people’s imagination – and for good reason. But was this apex predator simply a beefed-up great white shark, and is it still ...

Compiled by Marcus Schneck, [email protected]. Dinosaur-hunter Steven Jasinski would welcome at least part of the premise of the new movie, “The Meg,” which opens tomorrow in theaters. The movie ...

Discover the true origin of the enigmatic Bloop sound recorded in 1997, which led many to believe in the mythical Megalodon.

These extinct sharks gave birth to some really large babies – about the size of a full-grown human adult. At birth, megalodons were about 6.6 feet, or 2 meters, in length, according to a study ...

Researchers have dated vertebrae from a massive prehistoric shark thought to have ruled the waves off northern Australia back ...