The massive, ancient Megalodon shark may have been outcompeted by great whites
Sometimes, being bigger is not better.
Tag: Megalodon
Cold oceans may have helped Megalodon reach gargantuan proportions
Megalodon sharks closer to the equator may have been twice as small as those much higher up in latitude.
Megalodon gave birth to newborns as large as adult humans
The Megalodon babies likely ate unhatched eggs in their mother’s womb to come out on the hefty side.
Megalodon’s giant size was truly unprecedented among all sharks ever
The second largest sharks in geological history were half the size of Megalodon.
Megalodon’s teeth evolved over 12 millions years, researchers find
This is not the Nemo you're looking for.
Exploding stars may have wiped off large ocean life 2.5 million years ago
The planet's largest shark may have been killed by a supernova.
Megalodon may have been warm-blooded — and this may have ultimately doomed the huge predator
The largest fish in history may have been doomed by its active metabolism that couldn't keep up with a tough ...
New ancient car-sized species identified by paleontologists. It was related to Megalodon
Some 20 million years ago, both the Atlantic and the Pacific were haunted by a huge shark the size of ...
Megalodon extinction paved the way for whale development
Megalodon is quite possibly the most dangerous predator to ever live in the Earth's waters in the recent geological history ...
