For decades, the megalodon, a terrible shark that ate only whales has been portrayed as the ultimate oceanic horror, its ...

The massive megalodon was not hunting only large marine mammals such as whales as researchers widely thought, a new study of ...

Megalodon, the terror of the Neogene, dominated its giant shark niche for just 20 million years before it disappeared from ...

Zinc isotope analysis of megalodon teeth reveals flexible diet including small prey, challenging apex predator assumptions.

Scientists previously assumed the giant, prehistoric sharks mostly feasted on whales, but it turns out they probably weren’t ...

Zinc levels show the giant shark ate more creatures than expected, challenging long-held assumptions about its behavior.

Otodus megalodon was the largest predatory fish in Earth's history. Measuring up to 24 meters, it was longer than a truck ...

In reality, the fearsome 80-foot-long megalodon was. Likely not a picky eater. New research suggests that this prehistoric ...

Scientists rethink the megalodon’s diet after examining minerals in their fossilized teeth (CNN) – A new study has found that the megalodon shark may have devoured both large and small prey alike.

The finding suggests megalodon would pursue whatever was in local waters, devouring other top predators and smaller prey alike. “They were not concentrating on certain prey types, but they must ...

It appears, after all, that megalodon partook of a much broader range of prey than previously assumed, as the geoscientist discovered together with scientists from Germany, France, Austria and the US.