The megalodon is an extinct species of giant mackerel shark that lived about 23 to 3.6 million years ago. It was the largest shark to have ever lived and was thought to look like a supersized ...

Megalodon sharks went extinct 3.5 million years ago but some believe they still exist in uncharted parts of the ocean.

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 cooling of the planet may have contributed to the extinction of the megalodon in a number of ways. As the adult sharks were dependent on tropical waters, the drop in ocean temperatures likely ...

“Because megalodon went extinct around the time of extreme changes ... such as the great white shark, to stressors such as climate change,” adds Griffiths. So the Meg’s demise may be bad ...

The fossilized remains belong to Cosmopolitodus hastalis – an extinct mackerel shark closely related to the modern great ...

The ocean’s most formidable cold-hearted killer, the long-extinct giant megalodon shark, may have been warm-blooded – which could have caused its disappearance more than three million years ago.

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Wichita’s Exploration Place science museum has opened an acclaimed new exhibit on sharks.

Just in time for summer, the megalodon—the ancient, city bus-sized shark known as the “Megatooth”—has reared its ravenous snout. While the oceans are now safe from the Megatooth, which went extinct an ...

Exploration Place says the exhibit includes a t state-of-the-art “Oceanarium” that allows visitors to view an immersive underwater environment where sharks glide by in high definition. EP says ...

Sharks were never far from our minds as we grew up on the beach in Adelaide. Although attacks were rare, they were real. My ...

The cooling of the planet may have contributed to the extinction of the megalodon in a number of ways. As the adult sharks were dependent on tropical waters, the drop in ocean temperatures likely ...