A fossilized megalodon tooth has been recovered more than 10,000 feet below the surface of the central Pacific Ocean, marking ...

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 ...

The biggest, most formidable shark to have ever roamed the ocean may have been even larger than previously thought, according to a new study. The research, published Sunday in the journal ...

(CNN) — What scientists understand about the voracious feeding habits of the colossal megalodon could be up for some revision. The prehistoric predator that went extinct about 3.6 million years ago ...

A new study has uncovered surprising insights into the feeding habits of the largest predatory fish to ever roam the Earth's oceans, challenging long-standing assumptions about the prehistoric ...

As a shark tooth and fossil hunting enthusiast, I often have people ask me why I find fossils so fascinating. To me, the ...

Several fossil teeth from the giant predatory shark Otodus megalodon show scratch marks that could only have been made by members of their own species, suggesting that the largest sharks of all time ...

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 ...