The extinct Otodus megalodon, or “megalodon,” remains an iconic apex predator, known for its massive size and fearsome teeth.

The megalodon was thought to look like a supersized great white shark, but a new study suggests otherwise. Using a great white to "reconstruct the body form of Megalodon lacks empirical fossil support ...

A newly described fossil from northern Australia reveals an 8 meter mega-shark that hunted in the age of dinosaurs, long ...

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 ...

A lucky Florida family found a once-in-a-lifetime fossil that belonged to one of the biggest predators that ever roamed the ocean. Bricen Columbia, 19, found a 6.5-inch megalodon tooth in South ...

A Florida family made the find of a lifetime when they unearthed a 6.5-inch megalodon tooth near Charleston, South Carolina, earlier this month. Paul Columbia and his family of four from Largo, ...

Molly Sampson told her mother that she wanted to find an extinct "meg" fossil while searching for at a local beach on Christmas morning — then did just that Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and ...

The ocean’s ultimate predator once hunted whales with ease. Here’s why the world’s biggest shark eventually vanished off the ...