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 ...

A new study shows the Megalodon, a gigantic shark that went extinct 3.6 million years ago, was more slender than earlier studies suggested. This finding changes scientists' understanding of Megalodon ...

In 1978, a wonder emerged from the crumbling earth of the Gram Clay Pits in Denmark. Paleontologists were stunned when they unearthed about 20 vertebrae from a single megalodon, including one that, at ...

Few animals capture the imagination like the megalodon, an extinct shark so large it has become a movie monster. Yet much of what we know about its size rests on surprisingly little physical evidence.