But megalodon’s closest relatives are not great whites, as many scientists once believed. Mako sharks are the best living representation of its extinct cousin, albeit much smaller.

The megalodon is an extinct species of giant mackerel shark that lived about 23 to 3.6 million years ago. It was the largest shark to have ever lived and was thought to look like a supersized ...

Scientists have discovered that the long-extinct megalodon, also known as the megatooth shark, had a body temperature 7 degrees Celsius warmer than the surrounding seawater. This information might ...

The cooling of the planet may have contributed to the extinction of the megalodon in a number of ways. As the adult sharks were dependent on tropical waters, the drop in ocean temperatures likely ...

“Because megalodon went extinct around the time of extreme changes ... such as the great white shark, to stressors such as climate change,” adds Griffiths. So the Meg’s demise may be bad ...

One of the largest traveling exhibits to come to Exploration Place opens Friday. Australian Museum’s “Sharks” includes 10 ...

The fossilized remains belong to Cosmopolitodus hastalis – an extinct mackerel shark closely related to the modern great ...

The ocean’s most formidable cold-hearted killer, the long-extinct giant megalodon shark, may have been warm-blooded – which could have caused its disappearance more than three million years ago.

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 ...

megalodon more vulnerable to extinction during environmental changes in the Pliocene [3][4]. Lastly, the geological context of shark fossils is crucial for understanding their evolutionary history.

The cooling of the planet may have contributed to the extinction of the megalodon in a number of ways. As the adult sharks were dependent on tropical waters, the drop in ocean temperatures likely ...