Twenty million years ago, the Megalodon was king of the oceans. The largest shark that ever lived. It ate other mega sharks ...

Before scientists shed light on what they were, teeth that washed up on ocean shores were often mistaken for dragon teeth. It ...

Researchers have dated vertebrae from a massive prehistoric shark thought to have ruled the waves off northern Australia back ...

Megalodon is the largest shark that’s ever existed, and according to Hollywood it’s alive and well. But according to scientists, it’s definitely extinct, and it was probably thanks to its smaller ...

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