Fossil preparator Tabatha Gabay works on remains of an ancient marine predator — a plesiosaur in the Perot Museum of Nature and Science fossil lab in Dallas, April 23, 2025. She was working on ...

The exhibition invites guests to explore the life of ancient seas, from the Jurassic plesiosaur to the megalodon that lived millions of years later. “Jurassic Oceans: Monsters of the Deep ...

“Jurassic Oceans: Monsters of the Deep” dives into the fantastic aquatic animals that once roamed Earth’s largest habitat, from the “mighty Jurassic plesiosaur to the colossal megalodon ...

The now-extinct megalodon shark may have been larger than first believed, reaching lengths of 80 feet (24.3 meters), according to a new study published in Palaeontologia Electronica last week.

The megalodon, this extinct giant of the seas, may not have been the stocky colossus we thought. A new study suggests that this legendary predator had a longer and more slender body, resembling more a ...

But not all paleontologists agree. This illustration of megalodon may be wrong. The ancient predatory shark went extinct around 3.6 million years ago and has been compared to modern great white ...

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Megalodon is one of the biggest predators ever to have lived. The creature is believed to have died out around 3.6 million years ago. But it dominated oceans during life, and could've reached ...

Yet back then, any one of these creatures could become prey to the ocean's fiercest apex predator: the megalodon, a giant shark with massive teeth and a body the size of a whale. In many ways ...

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Revised tentative body outline of 24.3 meters (80 feet) extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon. Important notes: 1) the exact shape, size, and position of most fins remain unknown based on the ...