Millions of years ago, the hunting whale called Livyatan (L. melvillei) had to compete with the massive shark called megalodon (O. megalodon) for resources. These two lived together over 9 million ...

Megalodon’s favorite prey – small whales – vanished and it had to compete with other hunters such as the predatory sperm whale Livyatan and modern great white sharks. By 3.6 million years ...

Estimates suggest megalodon actually grew to between 15 and 18 metres in length, three times longer than the largest recorded great white shark. It may have been comparable in length to today's ...

Estimates suggest megalodon actually grew to between 15 and 18 metres in length, three times longer than the largest recorded great white shark. It may have been comparable in length to today's ...

In fact, a T-rex would have been a quick snack for megalodon. Its head would have easily fit inside the gargantuan shark's mouth.

it's closer in length to a modern sperm whale. Its stomach may have held 10,000 litres, that's enough for it to have eaten 20 whole cows...if cows swam in the sea. How big are the megalodon's ...

The rest of the whales scatter. You have just witnessed mealtime for megalodon – formally known as Otodus megalodon – the largest shark ever. As a scientist who studies sharks and other ocean ...

Last year, the Shark Week team built a full-size model of megalodon, to see if it could hunt and kill giant whales. You can see video on the Shark Week website.

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.

Right whales are the rarest of all large whales. There are several species, but all are identified by enormous heads, which can measure up to one-third of their total body length. These whales ...

It's the tale of an ancient land mammal making its way back to the sea, becoming the forerunner of today's whales. In doing so, it lost its legs, and all of its vital systems became adapted to a ...

When it struck the shore and deflated, I knew: it was a dead whale. But it wasn't just any whale. It was Fran. "I knew this whale, and I'm like, Ohhhhh. It just hit my heart, because Fran ...