The Meg movie franchise sees the megalodon shark portrayed as a gigantic, monstrous beast that can race through the waters towards unsuspecting victims. But a new study shows that while the megalodon ...

Scientists have used a combination of ancient fossil remains and the scans of a great white shark to create a 3D model of a prehistoric megalodon. Armed with this model, the researchers figured out ...

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 ...

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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 ...

A new study reveals the iconic extinct Megalodon, or ‘megatooth shark’, was a rather slow cruiser that used its warm-bloodedness to facilitate digestion and absorption of nutrients. DePaul University ...

Megalodons were the biggest sharks on the planet. Recent studies show how these apex predators reached lengths of 50 feet with heads the size of cars.

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 ...

Otodus megalodon, the largest shark to ever swim in our planet’s oceans according to a new study, still inhabited the sea 3.6 million years ago. Growth stages scaled against a 5.4 feet (1.65 m) human ...

A ship full of students had their trip interrupted by a giant, prehistoric-looking shark swimming alongside the ship. Just the type of thing to relax you. A video posted to TikTok shows a large group ...

Jason Statham won’t save your parkgoers if they happen to fall into a deep lagoon with a Megalodon swimming around. That’s a very real possibility in Jurassic World Evolution 3, especially following ...