Fifteen million years ago, now-extinct species of dolphins, whales and large sea cows roamed the world’s oceans, topping the underwater food chain. Yet back then, any one of these creatures ...

A new study suggests the extinct megalodon shark species was ... would shed their teeth in the same way that modern-day sharks do, so megalodon teeth are a relatively common fossil specimen, ...

The now-extinct megalodon shark may have been larger than first believed, reaching lengths of 80 feet (24.3 meters), according to a new study published in Palaeontologia Electronica last week. This is ...

Megalodon may have had a long, sleek body Shimada and his team compared 145 species of living sharks and 20 species of extinct sharks and built a database of the proportions of their heads ...

By examining megalodon’s vertebral column and comparing it to over 100 species of living and extinct sharks, they determined a more accurate proportion for the head, body and tail. The findings, ...

Paleobiologist Dr. Kenshu Shimada has been fascinated by fossil sharks, including the giant Otodus megalodon, since childhood — he found his first megalodon tooth at 13 years old. So when he saw the ...

By examining the megalodon’s vertebral column and comparing it to more than 100 species of living and extinct sharks, they determined a more accurate proportion for the head, body, and tail.

By examining the megalodon’s vertebral column and comparing it to more than 100 species of living and extinct sharks, they determined a more accurate proportion for the head, body, and tail. The ...