A remotely operated submarine was collecting samples on a previously unexplored deep sea mountain when it scooped up a rare megalodon tooth. The gold-colored tooth, which is 2.7 inches (6.8 ...

Megalodon teeth have always been key to understanding the ancient marine predator. Fossilized teeth are all that remain to prove the existence of these massive sharks, and the name megalodon is from ...

What scientists understand about the voracious feeding habits of the colossal megalodon could be up for some revision. The prehistoric predator that went extinct about 3.6 million years ago was not ...

The Explorer Vessel Nautilus crew recovered the shark tooth in 2022 “while while exploring a never-before-surveyed seamount” about 150 miles south of Johnston Atoll. Nautilus Live Facebook screengrab ...

While movie megalodon is heightened for entertainment, the real thing was still huge. Megalodon was a white or mackerel shark, related to today’s great white shark. Some believe the whale shark is ...

WASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters) - The megalodon, a huge shark that was the scourge of the ancient oceans and is a star in modern movie theaters, is named for its "large tooth" - and for good reason. Its ...

Fossils have a way of captivating everyone, no matter their profession or the species unearthed, but there’s something about Megalodon that grips the imagination like no other. Fossilized shark teeth ...

Diver Michael Nastasio found a 6.25-inch long megalodon tooth, the largest tooth he’s found out of his 22 years of diving. Nastasio started Black Gold Fossil Charters in Aug. 2020, but he’s been ...

A little girl in Maryland got a big surprise for Christmas, but it wasn't under her tree — it was an ancient fossil hiding underwater. Alicia Sampson wrote on Facebook that her daughters Molly and ...

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