Meet The Shark Bigger Than A School Bus — A Biologist Explains Why It Vanished From The Oceans

The ocean’s ultimate predator once hunted whales with ease. Here’s why the world’s biggest shark eventually vanished off the ...
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Before megalodon, this monstrous shark terrorized the waters of northern Australia

The ocean depths are full of mysteries and monsters. But some of its greatest secrets and behemoths lie not beneath the waves of today, but beneath the rocks of prehistory. Most people have heard of ...

15 Million Years before the Megalodon, This Giant Ancient Shark Prowled the Oceans

According to a paper published earlier this year in Communications Biology, a massive shark that exceeded the size of ...
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An 8-meter shark fossil predates megalodon and rewrites the timeline

A newly described fossil from northern Australia reveals an 8 meter mega-shark that hunted in the age of dinosaurs, long ...
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Before megalodon, researchers say a monstrous shark ruled ancient Australian seas

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — In the age of dinosaurs — before whales, great whites or the bus-sized megalodon — a monstrous shark prowled the waters off what’s now northern Australia, among the sea ...
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Bigger Than Jaws? The Florida Shark That Dwarfs Your Expectations

Several massive great white sharks have been spotted off Florida's coast. This post shows you the largest great white shark ...

Monstrous shark ruled ancient Australian seas before megalodon, researchers say

The ancestor of today’s great white shark was thought to be about eight metres long, the authors of a paper published in Communications Biology said.