Fans of the horror flick "Jaws" may remember 2018's "The Meg," where a prehistoric megalodon attacks a deep sea-submersible, preying on the crew inside. Although the movie did not receive favorable ...

Roaming the ancient seas eons ago, the megalodon shark eviscerated its prey with jaws that were 10 feet wide. Warpaintcobra/iStock via Getty Images Plus Imagine traveling back in time and observing ...

For years, the megalodon has been imagined as a monstrous version of the great white shark. Depictions in movies and ...

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 biggest, most formidable shark to have ever roamed the ocean may have been even larger than previously thought, according to a new study. The research, published Sunday in the journal ...

The megalodon went extinct 3.6 million years ago, and is thought to be the largest shark that ever swam the Earth. But there's debate over what it looked like. Most scientists have described it as a ...

Fifteen million years ago, now-extinct species of dolphins, whales and large sea cows roamed the world’s oceans, topping the underwater food chain. Yet back then, any one of these creatures could ...

WASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters) - The megalodon, a huge shark that was the scourge of the ancient oceans and is a star in modern movie theaters, is named for its "large tooth" - and for good reason. Its ...

A new study provides many new insights into the biology of the prehistoric gigantic shark megalodon (megatooth shark), which lived nearly worldwide 15–3.6 million years ago. Paleobiology professor ...

A new study proposes that the massive ancient shark was built more slenderly than a great white. But not all paleontologists agree. This illustration of megalodon may be wrong. The ancient predatory ...