Megalodon have always been compared to the modern great white shark. Scientists have found a reason why it shouldn't be.

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

Megalodon biology and cinematic representation The Meg does take artistic license with available scientific knowledge. For example, the sharks are portrayed at exaggerated sizes of 27 meters (88 feet) ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand(AP) — 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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Megalodons went extinct about 3.6 million years ago, but their fossils are all over Maryland. While the mighty megalodon is not ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — 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 ...

WELLINGTON – 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 ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — 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 ...

The megalodon tooth 7-year-old Foster Frazier found back in June. The tooth is estimated to be over 5 inches long. Photo provided by Tina Frazier. While finding shark teeth on the beach isn’t uncommon ...

The Calvert Marine Museum is advocating for the designation of the extinct megalodon to be Maryland's official state shark.