The prospect of a great white shark hunting in the shallow waters of New England was enough to propel Peter Benchley’s novel, Jaws, and Steven Spielberg’s subsequent film adaptation to blockbuster ...

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A giant megalodon shark may have broken a whale's back in a vicious attack around 15 million years ago, according to a study. The paper, published in the journal Palaeontologia Electronica, documents ...

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Thankfully for surfers and ocean swimmers, the megalodon shark went extinct around three million years ago. Much of what we do know about this fearsome creature comes from studies of its massive teeth ...

Join us as we go shark tooth hunting in Florida, where we uncover a massive megalodon shark tooth! Our adventure with ...

Megalodon, the largest shark that ever lived, is famous for its huge, human-hand-sized teeth. However, there is little fossil evidence of its whole body. International researchers have now used an ...

Roaming the ancient seas eons ago, the megalodon shark eviscerated its prey with jaws that were 10 feet wide. Warpaintcobra/iStock via Getty Images Plus Imagine traveling back in time and observing ...

There is no question about it: Megalodon (Otodus megalodon) was a big shark. But just how big this super predator got has remained a point of contention among scientists. Why? Well, previous size ...

Jeremiah Volcko was poking around a North Charleston creek in 2012, next to a new construction site, when he spotted a large animal vertebra. Days later, more emerged. Taffy Chapman, Volcko and two ...

VENICE, Fla. - A recent diving trip off the coast of Florida resulted in an ancient discovery. Kristina Scott found a 6-inch megalodon shark tooth while fossil diving in Venice. She said she's been ...

Editor's Note: The video above is from 2018. When did the megalodon shark go extinct, and why? That's the question posed by 10-year-old Landon. Imagine traveling back in time and observing the oceans ...