Zinc Analysis Reveals Megalodon's Broad, Opportunistic Diet

New research reveals mighty megalodon’s massive appetite

The largest predatory fish in Earth’s history had a "broad diet".

18-Million-Year-Old Megalodon Teeth Reveal the Predator's Surprising Diet

Learn how a study of fossilized teeth has changed what we thought we knew about megalodon’s diet.

Megalodon Shark’s Diet Revealed, and It’s Not What Scientists Thought

For years, the megalodon has been painted as a massive predator built as one thing—an ancient shark built to take down whales. But new research shows that this prehistoric giant may have been way less picky than we thought. Despite the hype, megalodon wasn’t a specialized whale killer—it was a generalist, snacking on whatever the ocean offered. In a study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, scientists analyzed zinc isotopes in foss…

Megalodons have been known by science since the 1840s thanks to their huge fossilized triangular teeth. The name "megalodon" means "big tooth" in ancient Greek. And this is because it has been proven that some were more than 16 centimeters long. By comparison, the teeth of the great white shark reach at most 7.5 centimeters. To know how large megalodons were, it would be necessary to have a complete skeleton, but since it is a type of cartilage …

What Fueled the Ocean’s Largest Terror

The megalodon shark is popular quarry of cryptozoologists, who speculate about the legendary creature’s persistence in our oceans. Now scientists have given the extinct shark new life with revelations about its own ancient quarries. The largest fish to ever live, Otodus megalodon (which, yes, did go extinct 3.6 million years ago) was “a transoceanic super-predator” that could grow to some 80 feet long—and swim faster than many of the fastest fis…

Megalodon was the biggest predatory fish that ever existed – even whales fell victim to it. Researchers from Frankfurt have now discovered something new about his eating habits.