Megalodon sharks were among the largest and most formidable predators ever to exist, dominating the oceans millions of years ...

Megalodons—the iconic extinct sharks that dominated the ocean millions of years ago—have been portrayed in Hollywood blockbusters and sci-fi novels as oversize great white sharks. But new research ...

It just shows how degraded this ecosystem is,' said Dr. Francesco Ferretti, a lead researcher at Virginia Tech ...

Otodus megalodon, the biggest shark of all time, has long captured the imaginations of paleontologists and the public alike. Scientific fascination spawns from the sheer enormity of their fossilized ...

In the age of dinosaurs — before whales, great whites or the bus-sized megalodon — a monstrous shark prowled the waters off what’s now northern Australia, among the sea monsters of the Cretaceous ...

Whether a species has just freshly emerged, or it has been around for millions of years does not dictate its vulnerability. This has been the assumption of an old debate on whether species' age plays ...

Some 115 million years ago, a veritable fleet of giant predators prowled the waters near Australia. There were long-necked plesiosaurs, snaggletoothed pliosaurs with massive heads, dolphinlike ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — One of the most fearsome predators to rule the seas millions of years ago may have left something behind at Virginia Beach’s North End. Terry Siviter and his 5-year-old grandson, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Márquez is a marine scientist and science communicator Sharks and rays are not just charismatic ocean creatures that grace the ...

Great white sharks are in danger of going extinct in the Mediterranean Sea, which is among the most exploited fisheries on Earth "The impact of industrial fishing has been intensifying ... and it's ...