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A powerful megalodon thrashed an ancient whale, scientists find

In the seas millions of years ago, whales were regularly hunted. Megalodons, bus-sized sharks, are believed to have been dominant ocean predators some 20 to 3.6 million years ago. The now extinct ...
Science Daily

Megalodon: The broad diet of the megatooth shark

Contrary to widespread assumptions, the largest shark that ever lived -- Otodus megalodon -- fed on marine creatures at various levels of the food pyramid and not just the top. Scientists analyzed the ...
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There's a fascinating new clue to the giant megalodon's extinction

An artist's conception of a megalodon next to a great white shark. Credit: Victor Habbick Visions / Science Photo Library / Getty Images One of the most striking fossils around today are the teeth and ...
Forbes

When Megalodon Bit Megalodon: Fossilized Teeth Show Signs Of Shark-On-Shark Damage

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 ...
CNN

Massive megalodon was even longer than scientists thought

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Paleobiologist Dr ...
Ars Technica

Megalodon wasn’t as chonky as a great white shark, experts say

The megalodon, a giant shark that went extinct some 3.6 million years ago, is famous for its utterly enormous jaws and correspondingly huge teeth. Recent studies have proposed that the megalodon was a ...
NPR

That giant extinct shark, Megalodon? Maybe it wasn't so mega

The megalodon went extinct 3.6 million years ago, and is thought to be the largest shark that ever swam the Earth. But there's debate over what it looked like. Most scientists have described it as a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Megalodon May Be Extinct, but There’s a Life-size One at the Smithsonian

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 ...
Science News

Megalodon, the largest shark ever, may have been a long, slender giant

The largest shark discovered to date — the monstrous Otodus megalodon — may have been a sleek, long-bodied leviathan. A fresh look at the extinct predator’s fossilized remains suggests its body was ...
CNN

The extinct superpredator megalodon was big enough to eat orcas, scientists say

Faster than any shark alive today and big enough to eat an orca in just five bites: A new study suggests the extinct shark known as a megalodon was an even more impressive superpredator than ...
WUSA

Maryland has a new state shark: the Megalodon

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland has a new state shark, and it's sure to make some waves. The state legislature this week designated the Megalodon the Old Line State’s “official” state shark. Maryland is ...