Its name in Greek means “big-toothed glorious shark” – a fitting moniker for an immense and deadly hunter with chompers as big as a human hand. As the top predator of its day, megalodon ...

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 ...

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 ...

The only fossils that remain of the megalodon — the largest known shark ever to exist — are its human-hand-sized teeth. The prehistoric shark, which roamed Earth's oceans for over 20 million ...

megalodon - almost three times as long as a great white shark - is likely to have had a head about 4.65m (15ft) long, a dorsal fin as large as an entire adult human and a tail about 3.85m (13ft ...

if cows swam in the sea. How big are the megalodon's teeth? Watch the video above to see how big the megalodon's tooth compares to that of a great white shark. You can also see how big it is in ...

Just in time for summer, the megalodon—the ancient, city bus-sized shark known as the “Megatooth”—has reared its ravenous snout. While the oceans are now safe from the Megatooth, which went extinct an ...

The new research out today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that the megalodon’s warm-bloodedness may have contributed to its extinction. “Maintaining an energy ...

A prehistoric food fight may have spelled the end for the megalodon, the largest shark that ever lived. A study of the ocean giant's fossil teeth suggests it had to compete for food with another ...

Millions of years ago, the hunting whale called Livyatan (L. melvillei) had to compete with the massive shark called megalodon (O. megalodon) for resources. These two lived together over 9 million ...