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 story should have ended with fossils, museum labels, and a simple timeline. Instead, it became a modern legend: one part real paleontology, one part TV spectacle, and one part internet ...

Apparently, this dead horse still needs beating: The megalodon is definitely extinct. But The Meg, a summer sharkfest blockbuster set to premiere on August 10, might have you believe otherwise. The ...

The movie version of megalodon is back in a new sequel, Meg 2: The Trench, indicating that this ancient megafauna’s charisma is still a major draw for audiences raised on “Shark Week.” But what’s the ...