As one of the largest predators to have ever lived, megalodon captures people's imagination - and for good reason. But was this apex predator simply a beefed-up great white shark, and is it still ...

Scientists have calculated the water temperature at which tiger sharks are most active and abundant. They say the sharks, which are second only to great whites in attacking people, prefer a balmy 22C.

As one of the largest predators to have ever lived, megalodon captures people's imagination - and for good reason. But was this apex predator simply a beefed-up great white shark, and is it still ...

A 52-foot, life-size model of a Carcharocles megalodon shark is now on display in the National Museum of Natural History’s newly opened dining facilities. Erin I. Garcia de Jesus The Smithsonian ...

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 ...

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 the photo below! Which has a stronger bite? A T-Rex or the ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about the ocean, climate change, and the future of our planet. For example, our knowledge of Megalodon's existence comes from the ...

Steve Backshall meets the most ravenous shark in the sea, the tiger shark. Known for eating tin cans and even car number plates, these sharks are in fact perfectly honed hunters.

A prehistoric food fight may have spelled the end for the megalodon, the largest shark that ever lived. A study of the ocean giant's fossil teeth suggests it had to compete for food with another ...

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

This summer, we’ll look at three shark species with notorious reputations: tiger sharks, great whites and oceanic whitetips. We’ll meet scientists who are shedding new light on these enigmatic ...

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 ...