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 ...

Humans have been measured with a bite force of around 1,317 Newtons (N), while great white sharks have been predicted to be able to bite down with a force of 18,216N. Researchers have estimated that ...

Humans have been measured with a bite force of around 1,317 Newtons (N), while great white sharks have been predicted to be able to bite down with a force of 18,216N. Researchers have estimated that ...

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 ...

Megalodon pups were larger than most adult humans at birth, Shimada's team found, reaching lengths of more than 6 feet. That gave them an advantage - a fin up, perhaps - against hungry predators ...

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 ...