The megalodon went extinct 3.6 million years ago, and is thought to be the largest shark that ever swam the Earth. But the megalodon may not have been as big as once thought, some researchers suggest.

Jason Statham's 2018 movie may be a work of fiction, but there is a real-life monster behind The Meg: the 60-foot-long prehistoric sea creature known as the Megalodon. The movie paints the shark-like ...

The megalodon was thought to look like a supersized great white shark, but a new study suggests otherwise. Using a great white to "reconstruct the body form of Megalodon lacks empirical fossil support ...

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Fossils have a way of captivating everyone, no matter their profession or the species unearthed, but there’s something about Megalodon that grips the imagination like no other. Fossilized shark teeth ...

A new study has uncovered surprising insights into the feeding habits of the largest predatory fish to ever roam the Earth's oceans, challenging long-standing assumptions about the prehistoric ...

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