Megalodon teeth have always been key to understanding the ancient marine predator. Fossilized teeth are all that remain to prove the existence of these massive sharks, and the name megalodon is from ...

Megalodon, the terror of the Neogene, dominated its giant shark niche for just 20 million years before it disappeared from the world's oceans. And, during that time ...

Fossils have a way of captivating everyone, no matter their profession or the species unearthed, but there’s something about Megalodon that grips the imagination like no other. Fossilized shark teeth ...

What scientists understand about the voracious feeding habits of the colossal megalodon could be up for some revision. The prehistoric predator that went extinct about 3.6 million years ago was not ...

While movie megalodon is heightened for entertainment, the real thing was still huge. Megalodon was a white or mackerel shark, related to today’s great white shark. Some believe the whale shark is ...

Some fossilized teeth from giant ancient megalodon sharks have unique scratches on them. These scratches, researchers believe, were possibly caused by the serrated cutting edge of other megalodon ...

A fossil hunter has found several huge teeth from the extinct megalodon—the largest shark that ever lived—in North Carolina. Jonathan Valentine, who runs the Digging Science website, said in a YouTube ...

Diver Michael Nastasio found a 6.25-inch long megalodon tooth, the largest tooth he’s found out of his 22 years of diving. Nastasio started Black Gold Fossil Charters in Aug. 2020, but he’s been ...

A little girl in Maryland got a big surprise for Christmas, but it wasn't under her tree — it was an ancient fossil hiding underwater. Alicia Sampson wrote on Facebook that her daughters Molly and ...

The Explorer Vessel Nautilus crew recovered the shark tooth in 2022 “while while exploring a never-before-surveyed seamount” about 150 miles south of Johnston Atoll. Nautilus Live Facebook screengrab ...

National Megalodon Day will be celebrated on Thursday to help teach Floridians all about the biggest shark to ever swim in the Gulf Coast. The holiday was first proclaimed on June 15, 2021, to mark ...

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