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

The Megalodon is known as the largest and most fearsome shark to ever roam the oceans, but an apex predator around today may be the reason why the ancient beast went extinct millions of years ago, ...

Megalodon dominated its ocean ecosystem — until great white sharks came along. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Prior research ...

Millions of years ago, giant sharks three times larger than today’s great whites stalked the world’s ocean. They’re long gone now, but occasionally, someone walking on a beach spots an odd triangular ...

An artist's conception of a megalodon next to a great white shark. Credit: Victor Habbick Visions / Science Photo Library / Getty Images One of the most striking fossils around today are the teeth and ...

A team led by Jeremy McCormack at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology has found evidence that competition with great white sharks may have contributed to the extinction of the ...

Scientists studied the fossilized teeth of megalodon and determined that the jumbo-size extinct species of shark was warm-blooded. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

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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 ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — When you think of the largest predator to exist in the blue waters, you might go to a great white shark or an Orca whale — but do you remember hearing about a megalodon? As one ...