The fascination with the megalodon—a prehistoric giant shark—continues to capture imaginations around the globe. Although scientists firmly believe this apex predator went extinct millions of years ...
Hugo Saláis, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The recent discovery of a megalodon tooth on the deep sea floor has reignited interest in this ancient shark. Known scientifically as Otodus megalodon, it ...
At the beginning of the 20th century, German fishermen aboard the ship Seesturm made an extraordinary discovery in the North Sea: a live Megalodon shark, a creature believed to have been extinct for ...
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 colossal Megalodon shark is thought to have gone extinct over 2 million years ago - but many fisherman claim they have seen this monstrous creature up close. Tony Harris explores whether this is ...
In the scorching desert of Peru’s Pisco Basin, a major fossil discovery has been made. Paleontologists have unearthed the nearly complete fossil of a colossal shark that prowled the ancient seas ...
It is a fictional representation created for illustrative purposes only. On Monday, paleontologists in Peru unveiled a 9-million-year-old fossil belonging to an ancestor of the great white shark.