The ocean’s ultimate predator once hunted whales with ease. Here’s why the world’s biggest shark eventually vanished off the ...

Megalodons, the iconic extinct sharks commonly portrayed as gigantic, monstrous beasts in films such as the 2018 sci-fi thriller The Meg, grew to larger sizes in cooler waters than in warmer areas, ...

A new study reveals that the iconic extinct Megalodon or megatooth shark grew to larger sizes in cooler environments than in warmer areas. DePaul University paleobiology professor Kenshu Shimada and ...

It remains a sad fact of this world that we will never know for certain what the long-lost megalodon truly looked like – but a new study gives us what may be the most accurate reconstruction yet. An ...

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A new shark study reveals that the iconic extinct Megalodon shark grew to larger sizes in cooler waters than in warmer areas. DePaul University paleobiology professor Kenshu Shimada and coauthors ...

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 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 ...

When people think of “big sharks,” they usually think of the legendary shark, Megalodon (Otodus megalodon), which reached at least 50 feet (15 meters) in length when it was ruling our oceans million ...