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

But that’s not true. Megalodons are extinct. They died out about 3.5 million years ago. And scientists know this because, ...

“Megalodon was quite a bit warmer than both of these modern apex predators [the great white and mako sharks], which makes megalodon unique,” said geochemist and paleoclimatologist Michael ...

Just in time for summer, the megalodon—the ancient, city bus-sized shark known as the “Megatooth”—has reared its ravenous snout. While the oceans are now safe from the Megatooth, which went extinct an ...

The Meg was shaped more like a whale than the giant great white shark in the Jason Statham movies, suggests new research.

New research from South Africa sheds light on the cascading effects caused by the sudden disappearance of great white sharks, providing a rare glimpse into how marine life responds when apex ...