Its name in Greek means “big-toothed glorious shark” – a fitting moniker for an immense and deadly hunter with chompers as big as a human hand. As the top predator of its day, megalodon ...

As we know, whales can definitely outsize sharks, but they are technically mammals. But what is the biggest shark in the ...

Shark conservation must go beyond simply protecting shark populations—it must prioritize protecting the ecological roles of sharks, according to new research published in Science. The largest ...

There are more than 500 species of shark found across the world, and they range in size from centimetres long to ocean giants. Read on to find out about the biggest sharks in the world. The whale ...

Emma Bernard, who curates the Museum's fossil fish collection (including fossil sharks), helps separate fact from fiction. O. megalodon was not only the biggest shark in the world, but one of the ...

Growing to more than 66ft (20m) long, the species was not only the biggest shark in the world, but one of the largest fish ever to exist. The tooth Molly found was 5in long, as big as her hand ...