Twenty million years ago, the oceans were ruled by a predator unlike any other: the Megalodon. This colossal shark, the largest to ever exist, hunted giant sea creatures and even other sharks for food ...

While movie megalodon is heightened for entertainment, the real thing was still huge. Megalodon was a white or mackerel shark, related to today’s great white shark. Some believe the whale shark is ...

The Megalodon once ruled the seas — but could it survive in the modern ocean? With changing temperatures, dwindling prey, and ...

Today is a special day for a special species of ancient Earth, Megalodons, also known as Otodus megalodon, as June 15 is officially celebrated as National Megalodon Day! On this celebratory day, we ...

Megalodon, the biggest shark to have ever lived, may not have looked like an uber great white shark as is generally assumed — but instead may have been longer and thinner, scientists have revealed.

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 ...

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 ...

The image originated as an AI-generated artwork. In 2024, internet users shared an image allegedly showing a crowd posing with a captured megalodon, a type of prehistoric shark believed to have gone ...

It took nearly a decade, but Molly Sampson found what she had been searching for her whole life. It happened Christmas morning when the 9-year-old girl was out searching for shark teeth with family in ...