The ocean’s ultimate predator once hunted whales with ease. Here’s why the world’s biggest shark eventually vanished off the face of the Earth.

LAS VEGAS - SEPTEMBER 30: One of the world's largest set of shark jaws comprised of about 180 fossil teeth from the prehistoric species, Carcharocles megalodon, which grew to the size of a school bus, ...

Well, there’s only fossil records to go off, but scientists have some ideas. According to a Smithsonian report on the carcharocles megalodon: “ Carcharocles megalodon was once the most fearsome ...

Florida archaeologists recently discovered several complete skeletons of an extinct species of elephants called gomphothere, marking a historic find at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s ...

A young boy has found an enormous tooth from a prehistoric shark in South Carolina. The boy was taking part in a fossil hunting trip in Summerville hosted by Palmetto Fossil Excursions (PFE) when he ...

These three teeth depict more than 50 million years of megatooth shark evolution. Megalodon's earliest ancestor, Otodus obliquus, from left, had smooth-edged teeth with a thick root and lateral ...

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, ...

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