Fifteen million years ago, now-extinct species of dolphins ... “We’re still going to see this as a gigantic shark that was eating whales, partially warm-blooded, and able to migrate ...

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 ...

Scientists have found ancient nail tooth shark fossils deep inside Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, revealing new information about a mysterious group of extinct predators. Skip to main content Open menu ...

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.

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 ...

they compared the shark’s spine to the bodily proportions of 145 living shark species and 20 extinct shark species. As a result of this analysis and their assumption that the megalodon’s body ...

Scientists have identified 866 new species as part of the Ocean Census, a global mission to protect and accelerate the discovery of marine life. The creatures include everything from a squat lobster ...

From natural history museums to the silver screen, this colossal shark, which went extinct over three million years ago, has been depicted as one of the most terrifying and ferocious predators to ...

A new study into the mighty Megalodon has found intriguing evidence to answer some of the biggest questions about these animals. What was their body size and shape? How did they give birth?

The process can take up to 13.5 years, some species may go extinct before they are even documented. Dave Ebert of the Pacific Shark Research Institute said in a video that knowing we have another ...

The giant extinct shark species known as the megalodon has captured the interest of scientists and the general public alike, even inspiring the 2018 blockbuster film The Meg. The species lived ...