THE prehistoric “super carnivore” megalodon was bigger than previously thought, growing to a whopping 80ft and weighing 94 ...

A fake shark story died on paper but lived online, where repetition, fear, and clever editing keep turning extinction into legend.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lead study author Jeremy McCormack of Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, holds up a fossilized megalodon tooth. - Uwe ...

Most of us picture megalodon as a Jason-Statham-hunting monster that looked like a giant great white shark, but that probably wasn’t the case. A new study re-examines fossil evidence and suggests the ...

If Meg 3 ever happens, the filmmakers might need to ditch the oversized great white shark trope. A new study published in ...

Fifteen million years ago, now-extinct species of dolphins, whales and large sea cows roamed the world’s oceans, topping the underwater food chain. Yet back then, any one of these creatures could ...

While movie megalodon is heightened for entertainment, the real thing was still huge. Megalodon was a white or mackerel shark, related to today’s great white shark. Some believe the whale shark is ...

The megalodon—the biggest shark to have ever lived—may not looked like an overgrown great white shark, as it is often portrayed, scientists have said. Commonly known as the megalodon, this species of ...

The megalodon went extinct 3.6 million years ago, and is thought to be the largest shark that ever swam the Earth. But there's debate over what it looked like. Most scientists have described it as a ...

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 ...

(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 ...