Megalodon, the giant prehistoric shark that once ruled warm oceans, is having a very modern afterlife. Despite a clear scientific consensus that the species is long extinct, online speculation keeps ...

A fake shark story died on paper but lived online, where repetition, fear, and clever editing keep turning extinction into legend.

Megalodon teeth are the largest of all shark species. With teeth that can measure up to the size of a human hand, it is easy to imagine just how enormous these ancient sharks were. However, there is ...

Fifty years after Jaws hit theaters, and there’s still a lot we don’t know about sharks, which lends to their reputation as mysterious predators. There’s even more we don’t know about ancient sharks, ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

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