A new study shows the Megalodon, a gigantic shark that went extinct 3.6 million years ago, was more slender than earlier studies suggested. This finding changes scientists’ understanding of Megalodon ...

The megalodon is a prehistoric ancestor of the modern-day shark, and just like it preceded the shark, National Megalodon Day precedes Shark Week. National Megalodon Day is June 15. The Discovery ...

Everyone's favorite prehistoric shark may have been much sleeker and much larger than previously thought. A new study suggests that the megalodon wasn't as stocky as the great white shark, and that it ...

Megalodon lived. Past tense. The largest shark ever, and arguably the largest predator, went extinct 2.6 million or more years ago. And it has stayed that way. But Hollywood sequel makers will be ...

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 ...

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 ...

A massive shark seen on video lurking around a tall ship off the coast of Massachusetts has social media in an uproar. The prehistoric-sized shark was filmed swimming slowly alongside a ship full of ...

We recently took some friends from out of state to experience some Florida fossil hunting! Their 8 year old son Rob is just like us when we were kids, and we wanted to make sure he found a nice ...

Cassie Shivley recalled the conversation she had with her father. He was going for a walk on the beach and he had one thing in mind. Shivley's father, Brad Vanderstow, lives in Central Michigan. He is ...