“The previously published reconstruction of megalodon skeleton and body shape looked very awkward,” stated Kenshu Shimada, one of the study’s authors and a paleobiologist at DePaul ...

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.

The Megalodon may have been the top predator in its time, but it had fierce competition in the form of Livyatan melvillei, a massive prehistoric sperm whale. This whale was no gentle giant – it ...

if cows swam in the sea. How big are the megalodon's teeth? Watch the video above to see how big the megalodon's tooth compares to that of a great white shark. You can also see how big it is in ...

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 ...