The megalodon is an extinct species of giant mackerel shark that lived about 23 to 3.6 million years ago. It was the largest shark to have ever lived and was thought to look like a supersized ...

Louis-Philippe Bateman's fascination with megalodon began with a single sentence in a book about Canada's geological ...

Emma Bernard, who curates the Museum's fossil fish collection (including fossil sharks), helps separate fact from fiction. O. megalodon was not only the biggest shark in the world, but one of the ...

“Maintaining an energy level that would allow for megalodon’s elevated body temperature ... Michael Griffiths and Martin Becker, looked at fossilized teeth to determine that Megalodons swam ...

A McGill student’s fascination with the megalodon — a giant shark that used to live during the time of the dinosaurs — has lead to the discovery that the mighty beast might have once lived near Canada ...

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 ...

Remarkably, fossil shark teeth are also incredibly abundant. Sharks ruled the earth’s oceans for 400 million years, and every ...

The megalodon lived in most parts of the ocean (except near the north and south pole). The most northern fossils are found off the coast of Denmark and the most southern in New Zealand.

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.

Emma Bernard, who curates the Museum's fossil fish collection (including fossil sharks), helps separate fact from fiction. O. megalodon was not only the biggest shark in the world, but one of the ...

Louis-Philippe Bateman's fascination with megalodon began with a single sentence in a book about Canada's geological evolution. It described giant, mysterious fossilized shark teeth discovered in ...