A 52-foot, life-size model of a Carcharocles megalodon shark is now on display in the National Museum of Natural History’s newly opened dining facilities. Erin I. Garcia de Jesus The Smithsonian ...

The megalodon, which went extinct millions of years ago, was the largest shark ever documented and one of the largest fish on record. The scientific name, Carcharocles megalodon, means "giant tooth." ...

Three tooth marks on the rib indicate the whale was once severely bitten by a strong-jawed animal. Judging by the 6-centimeter (2.4 inch) spacing between tooth marks, scientists believe the attacker ...

Megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon) is the largest shark, at a magnificent maximum length of 18 meters (59 feet), to ever have dwelled in the oceans. We know primarily about Megalodon’s existence ...

Carcharocles megalodon roamed the world’s coasts for a very long time. Evidence shows them being around as far back as 16 million years ago, and as recently as 2.6 million years ago.

The ancient shark Carcharocles megalodon swam 23 to 3.6 million years ago.. At 52 feet long, this life-size model (which is suspended, mid-swim, in the museum’s café) is female. Males only grow to 47 ...

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, is displayed at the ...

Carcharocles megalodon could reach up to 60 feet in length and had jaws measuring 9 feet wide. It lived from 23 million years ago up until the end of the Pliocene Epoch, around 2.6 million years ago.

BUCKINGHAM, Pa., Jan. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Was Carcharocles megalodon, the monstrous whale eater and star of so many books and movies, an obligate scavenger? Best-selling paleo-fiction author ...

On Saturday, Discovery Channel will air Megalodon: The New Evidence, a sequel to the 2013 “documentary” Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives.Both specials are about Carcharocles megalodon, the ...

A tooth from Carcharocles megalodon covers the fingers of an adult’s hand. This offers one clue to just how big the ancient predator could get. Most of what scientists know about the extinct ...

Plenty of standing room: Carcharocles megalodon was the largest shark that ever lived on Earth. The jaw measures 9 feet tall and 11 feet across.