Comparing the prehistoric predator to today’s great white probably resulted in an underestimation.

This extraordinary fossil may help create a better picture of what these gigantic predators looked like. We know that megalodon had become extinct by the end of the Pliocene (2.6 million years ago), ...

The Megalodon ruled the oceans for nearly 15 million years before going extinct 3.6 million years ago. At around three times the size of the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), it was the ...

It's bigger than the biggest whale shark, which is the largest fish found on our planet today ... How big are the megalodon's teeth? Watch the video above to see how big the megalodon's tooth ...

The megalodon shark is the largest shark to have ever inhabited the planet. Megalodon is often depicted as an enlarged ...

The ocean’s most formidable cold-hearted killer, the long-extinct giant megalodon shark, may have been warm-blooded – which could have caused its disappearance more than three million years ago.

Scientists have discovered that the long-extinct megalodon, also known as the megatooth shark, had a body temperature 7 degrees Celsius warmer than the surrounding seawater. This information might ...