A battle between a megalodon and a blue whale sounds thrilling on paper, but in reality, these giants were separated by millions of years, which might be for the best. The megalodon, an enormous shark ...

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 ...

Roaming the ancient seas eons ago, the megalodon shark eviscerated its prey with jaws that were 10 feet wide. Warpaintcobra/iStock via Getty Images Plus Imagine traveling back in time and observing ...

For decades, the giant prehistoric shark known ominously as “The Meg" has been portrayed as a massive apex predator that hunted the only formidable opponent in the oceans at the time: whales. But new ...

An artistic reconstruction of the extinct megalodon. Scientists' ideas about how the megalodon looked are based on its fossilized teeth. Hugo Saláis via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 4.0 Between 3 ...

A recent diving trip off the coast of Florida resulted in an ancient discovery. Kristina Scott found a 6-inch megalodon shark tooth while fossil diving in Venice. She said she’s been fossil diving for ...

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