Like other sharks, the bodies of megalodon were cartilaginous, almost entirely soft tissue, and that doesn’t preserve very well. A dead meg would make an incredible feast, not to mention a dramatic ...

The megalodon was thought to look like a supersized great white shark, but a new study suggests otherwise. Using a great white to "reconstruct the body form of Megalodon lacks empirical fossil support ...

Most of us picture the megalodon as a Jason-Statham-hunting monster that looked like a giant great white shark, but that probably wasn’t the case. A new study re-examines fossil evidence and suggests ...

Recent research challenges the prevailing belief that Megalodons were colossal creatures, suggesting a more nuanced perspective on their size. This discovery unveils a fresh understanding of ...

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Fossils have a way of captivating everyone, no matter their profession or the species unearthed, but there’s something about Megalodon that grips the imagination like no other. Fossilized shark teeth ...

Famously, the Megalodon was the biggest shark in the world, and one of the most powerful predators to have ever lived.

In the seas millions of years ago, whales were regularly hunted. Megalodons, bus-sized sharks, are believed to have been dominant ocean predators some 20 to 3.6 million years ago. The now extinct ...