But megalodon’s closest relatives are not great whites, as many scientists once believed. Mako sharks are the best living representation of its extinct cousin, albeit much smaller.

This extraordinary fossil may help create a better picture of what these gigantic predators looked like. We know that megalodon had become extinct by the end of the Pliocene (2.6 million years ago), ...

The battle for diminishing stocks of whales and other prey may have pushed the megalodon to extinction three million years ago. Environmental pressures, such as sea level changes, also played a role.

This extraordinary fossil may help create a better picture of what these gigantic predators looked like. We know that megalodon had become extinct by the end of the Pliocene (2.6 million years ago), ...

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 ...

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 ...

The new research out today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that the megalodon’s warm-bloodedness may have contributed to its extinction. “Maintaining an energy ...

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.

This ancient beast is called a megalodon shark, and if it had never become extinct, it would have a surprisingly large impact on our lives. How would they change the way we use our oceans?

TODAY’S mega-fauna, Earth’s largest animals, pale in comparison to the giants that used to roam the Earth. Though that is ...