Megalodon: The largest shark that ever lived just got larger, scientists say
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Megalodon: The largest shark that ever lived just got larger, scientists say

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Megalodon’s teeth resemble those of a modern great white shark, so some scientists previously concluded that the two sharks had a similar stout body shape. Jeff Carrion/DePaul University However, several years ago, Shimada and some of his colleagues began to question the underlying assumption that megalodon looked like a huge great white shark. “We kind of realized — click— that great white shark is not a good model,” Shimada said. The researchers calculated that the likeliest body plan for megalodon wouldn’t have been that of a stout, tanklike great white but rather a more streamlined fish, such as a lemon shark.

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This giant shark is heading to Florida's beaches—Should you be worried?
2 weeks ago

This giant shark is heading to Florida's beaches—Should you be worried?

India Today  

Thousand college students are getting ready to make their way to Florida beaches for spring break. OCEARCH chief scientist Dr. Harley Newton described why it's so important to monitor sharks such as Contender to learn about their breeding habits and migration. Another great white shark, Dold, weighing 761 pounds and 11 feet in length, is also migrating. During 2024, there …

Megalodons were so big that even their babies could swallow humans
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Megalodons were so big that even their babies could swallow humans

India Today  

Scientists have made a stunning discovery about megalodons and revealed we were so wrong about the mega sharks. The new analysis reveals as a newborn, a megalodon could have been nearly 13 feet long, roughly the size of an adult great white shark. Rather than resembling an oversized great white shark, it was actually more like an enormous lemon shark, …

Extinct megalodon shark was even bigger than previously thought
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Extinct megalodon shark was even bigger than previously thought

Salon  

Fifteen million years ago, now-extinct species of dolphins, whales and large sea cows roamed the world’s oceans, topping the underwater food chain. "It is more likely than not that megalodon must have had a much slenderer body than the modern great white shark." “Our research team found that the modern great white shark with a rather stout body hypothetically blown …

What did Hollywood get wrong about great white sharks in Jaws?
4 months, 2 weeks ago

What did Hollywood get wrong about great white sharks in Jaws?

ABC  

The ominous theme music in the 1975 movie Jaws invoked terror in cinemas, and nearly half a century later, those two notes still signify the presence of a lurking menace. To portray the aquatic antagonist, Spielberg used real shots of South Australian sharks alongside three specially built animatronic sharks dubbed "Bruce", reportedly named after Spielberg's lawyer. "The teeth were surprisingly …

Enormous great white shark washes up dead on Cape Cod beach
5 months, 1 week ago

Enormous great white shark washes up dead on Cape Cod beach

Daily Mail  

Massachusetts police had to call in a tow truck to remove a massive and bloodied great white shark that washed up dead on a Cape Cod beach yesterday. Massachusetts police had to call in a tow truck to remove a massive and bloodied great white shark that washed up dead on a Cape Cod beach yesterday The enormous 12-foot, 1,240-pound …

Cape Cod surfers reveal horror encounter with 10-foot great white shark
1 year, 4 months ago

Cape Cod surfers reveal horror encounter with 10-foot great white shark

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Two surfers in Cape …

The monster shark of prehistoric Earth
1 year, 7 months ago

The monster shark of prehistoric Earth

BBC  

Megalodon: the superpredator that ate its siblings in the womb Getty Images Megalodon is thought to have died out when shallower seas meant it could no longer hunt enough prey Extinct megalodon sharks were the top marine predators of their day and arguably more terrifying than anything Hollywood has dreamed up. "We really don't have a great handle on what …

The new shark species emerging from the deep
1 year, 8 months ago

The new shark species emerging from the deep

BBC  

The new shark species emerging from the deep CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection The sinister looking catshark is thought to lay its eggs on coral hundreds of metres below the surface More and more new species of sharks are being discovered as humanity peers deeper into the oceans. In 1989, scientists in Australia found a curious kind of "mermaid's purse" …

Large great white shark swims more than 10,000km in 150 days
2 years, 4 months ago

Large great white shark swims more than 10,000km in 150 days

ABC  

A theory perpetuated by the blockbuster movie Jaws, that large great white sharks will stay put as long as there is food around, could be be dead in the water. It's one of only three larger great whites being tracked by the NSW DPI Data shows it swam 10,000 kms in 150 days Fictional shark scientist Matt Hooper, played by …

Ocean scanner registers 50-foot ‘Megalodon’ shape in Atlantic
2 years, 6 months ago

Ocean scanner registers 50-foot ‘Megalodon’ shape in Atlantic

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An ocean scanner in …

Megalodon, a shark species that could eat a whale in just 5 bites: All you need to know
2 years, 7 months ago

Megalodon, a shark species that could eat a whale in just 5 bites: All you need to know

Hindustan Times  

The megalodon, an extinct species of mackerel shark which used to exist millions of years ago, could have devoured a creature as big as a killer whale in just five bites, a newly-published research has found. This illustration provided by J. J. Giraldo depicts a 16-meter Otodus megalodon shark predating on an 8-meter Balaenoptera whale in the Pliocene epoch, between …

Giant megalodon shark could eat a whale in a few bites, research shows
2 years, 7 months ago

Giant megalodon shark could eat a whale in a few bites, research shows

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A giant shark that swam in the world’s oceans millions of years ago could devour …

Giant sharks once roamed the seas, feasting on huge meals
2 years, 7 months ago

Giant sharks once roamed the seas, feasting on huge meals

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Today’s sharks have nothing on their ancient cousins. For their study published Wednesday, researchers used fossil evidence to create a 3D model of the megalodon — one of the biggest predatory fish of all time — and find clues about its life. “It would be a superpredator just dominating its ecosystem,” said co-author John Hutchinson, who studies …

Giant sharks once roamed the seas, feasting on huge meals
2 years, 7 months ago

Giant sharks once roamed the seas, feasting on huge meals

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. For their study published Wednesday, researchers used fossil evidence …

Megalodon may have been killed off by great white sharks, study suggests
2 years, 9 months ago

Megalodon may have been killed off by great white sharks, study suggests

The Independent  

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How great whites may have contributed to the extinction of the biggest shark, megalodon
2 years, 9 months ago

How great whites may have contributed to the extinction of the biggest shark, megalodon

ABC  

With a mouth you could easily step through and serrated teeth as big as your hand, megalodon was the biggest shark the world's seen. Key points: The world's biggest shark, megalodon, went extinct 3.6 million years ago New research shows megalodon and great whites ate the same food around the time megalodon died out Megalodon's size plus climate change likely …

Six-year-old Accidentally Finds Giant Megalodon Shark Tooth on UK Beach
2 years, 10 months ago

Six-year-old Accidentally Finds Giant Megalodon Shark Tooth on UK Beach

News 18  

It was just another trip to the beach for six-year-old Sammy Shelton, who went to spend the weekend at Bawdsey Beach in Suffolk. “We knew what it was, but not how rare it was,” said Peter, Sammy’s father, in an interview with Great Yarmouth Mercury. The tooth belonged to Megalodon, an extinct species that swan the waters on Earth roughly …

Great white shark stalking US coast ‘is one of biggest in the world’
2 years, 10 months ago

Great white shark stalking US coast ‘is one of biggest in the world’

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy One of the world’s …

Huge great white shark dubbed ‘Jumbo Jaws’ spotted in shallow waters
2 years, 11 months ago

Huge great white shark dubbed ‘Jumbo Jaws’ spotted in shallow waters

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A massive great white …

Gigantic Megalodon sharks grew to much larger sizes in cooler waters, new study suggests
3 years ago

Gigantic Megalodon sharks grew to much larger sizes in cooler waters, new study suggests

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Megalodons, the iconic extinct sharks commonly portrayed as gigantic, monstrous beasts …

Megalodon may not have looked anything like a Great White shark, scientists say
3 years, 1 month ago

Megalodon may not have looked anything like a Great White shark, scientists say

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And in a new study, published in the international journal Historical Biology, researchers conclude that …

Extinct Shark? TikTok Video of 'Megalodon' Spotted in Massachusetts Leaves Netizens Mesmerized
3 years, 9 months ago

Extinct Shark? TikTok Video of 'Megalodon' Spotted in Massachusetts Leaves Netizens Mesmerized

News 18  

A huge shark was caught on camera as it circled around a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The gargantuan shark was filmed off the coast of Massachusetts and the video has created a stir on social media. The TikTok video was made by a marine biodiversity student and musician Alex Albrecht from more than 100 miles off of the …

Man finds tooth of biggest shark to ever live
4 years ago

Man finds tooth of biggest shark to ever live

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A fossil hunter has found an enormous shark tooth, that was …

Megalodon shark fossils suggest that newborns were larger than adult humans: Study
4 years, 2 months ago

Megalodon shark fossils suggest that newborns were larger than adult humans: Study

Firstpost  

A new study has now found that newborn Megalodon sharks were supersized fish that were larger than most adult humans. As per a study conducted by paleobiologist Kenshu Shimada of DePaul University in Chicago along with his colleagues, the body size of the iconic gigantic Megalodon or megatooth shark, about 50 feet in length, was much larger compared to body …

‘Queen of the Ocean’: 50-year-old great white shark seen off Canada coast
4 years, 5 months ago

‘Queen of the Ocean’: 50-year-old great white shark seen off Canada coast

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Researchers working off Canada's Atlantic coast found an enormous great white shark weighing more than …

Huge size of extinct megalodon shark was ‘off the charts’, new study finds
4 years, 5 months ago

Huge size of extinct megalodon shark was ‘off the charts’, new study finds

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A new study, examining measurements taken from the same group of sharks as the Otodus …

Giant fish from 380 million years ago was a suspension feeder
4 years, 10 months ago

Giant fish from 380 million years ago was a suspension feeder

Daily Mail  

A giant fish that lived around 380 million years ago fed in a similar way to basking sharks, the second-largest living shark in the world today, scientists report. Titanichthys jaws were less resilient than those of other placoderm species that fed on large or hard-shelled prey during the so-called Devonian period – 140 million years before the first dinosaurs roamed …

Megalodon extinction: Great whites may have wiped out the biggest shark that ever lived
6 years, 1 month ago

Megalodon extinction: Great whites may have wiped out the biggest shark that ever lived

CNN  

CNN — The megalodon – also known as the biggest shark ever – became extinct a million years earlier than previously thought, due to competition from much smaller great white sharks, according to new research. To estimate the extinction date the team used the densely sampled rock record of California and Baja California, Mexico, and found that genuine fossil occurrences …

Megalodon: Mystery behind extinction of prehistoric 60ft shark may have been solved
6 years, 1 month ago

Megalodon: Mystery behind extinction of prehistoric 60ft shark may have been solved

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The megalodon, a giant prehistoric shark which has inspired numerous documentaries, …

Researchers come face to face with possibly the largest great white shark ever
6 years, 2 months ago

Researchers come face to face with possibly the largest great white shark ever

Firstpost  

Researchers had encountered the 20-foot shark on 15 January near a dead sperm whale off Oahu. Oliphant, who photographed the now-viral images, said it’s unclear if the shark is the famed Deep Blue, believed to be the largest great white ever recorded. State Senator Mike Gabbard The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources said the decomposing whale carcass had …

Largest great white shark ever recorded seen feasting on dead sperm whale near Hawaii
6 years, 2 months ago

Largest great white shark ever recorded seen feasting on dead sperm whale near Hawaii

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Divers near the Hawaiian …

Great white shark 'hunting off Britain's south coast' as fishing expert warns holidaymakers
7 years, 9 months ago

Great white shark 'hunting off Britain's south coast' as fishing expert warns holidaymakers

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A great white shark has been spotted "hunting" off Britain's …

A new species of extinct shark is discovered: Prehistoric predator is related to the 60ft Megalodon
8 years, 5 months ago

A new species of extinct shark is discovered: Prehistoric predator is related to the 60ft Megalodon

Daily Mail  

A mysterious species of shark that lived 20 million years ago and was 12 feet long has managed to escape anyone's notice - until now. 'It's quite remarkable that such a large lamniform shark with such a global distribution had evaded recognition until now, especially because there are numerous Miocene localities where fossil shark teeth are well sampled,' said Professor …

A 400-year-old shark? Greenland shark could be Earth’s longest-lived vertebrate
8 years, 7 months ago

A 400-year-old shark? Greenland shark could be Earth’s longest-lived vertebrate

LA Times  

In the frigid waters of the sub-Arctic ocean lurks a mysterious and slow-moving beast known as the Greenland shark. “It’s not hard to imagine that they could be 200 or 400 years old.” But determining the exact age of the Greenland shark is a tricky business. “That’s why we spend millions of dollars every year to age fish — because …

Competition for food drove megalodon sharks to extinction 2 million years ago
8 years, 11 months ago

Competition for food drove megalodon sharks to extinction 2 million years ago

Daily Mail  

Jaws may have terrified you at the cinema, but the iconic great white would have been dwarfed by Carcharocles megalodon, the largest shark in the history of the planet. The giant creatures lived between 23 million and 2.6 million years ago and scientists are divided over how and why the species perished. Carcharocles megalodon lived between 23 million and 2.6 …

Six-inch long teeth of ancient Megalodon shark found on North Carolina beach
9 years, 5 months ago

Six-inch long teeth of ancient Megalodon shark found on North Carolina beach

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Six-inch long teeth from the Megalodon, a prehistoric shark which roamed the oceans 15 million …

Now THAT's a sea monster: Massive shark longer than a TWO-STOREY building hunted the oceans 100 million years ago
9 years, 9 months ago

Now THAT's a sea monster: Massive shark longer than a TWO-STOREY building hunted the oceans 100 million years ago

Daily Mail  

been two top predators in the Early Cretaceous seas If you thought the great white shark in Jaws was as scary as sharks get, think again. The specimen, believed to be Leptostyrax macrorhiza, is thought to have measured 20ft long, which while big, wasn't as large as an unknown Kansas specimen from the Early Cretaceous The sea monster, called Leptostyrax …

New study rubbishes claim that Megalodon still roams the ocean
10 years, 5 months ago

New study rubbishes claim that Megalodon still roams the ocean

Daily Mail  

It is the largest shark ever to have lived, weighing 50 tonnes and measuring 18 feet long. The study may also one day help scientists better understand the potential widespread effects of losing the planet's top predators, said lead author Catalina Pimiento. 'I was drawn to the study of Carcharocles megalodon's extinction because it is fundamental to know when species …

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