Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The ocean’s ultimate predator once hunted whales with ease.
Megalodon have always been compared to the modern great white shark. Scientists have found a reason why it shouldn't be.
A fake shark story died on paper but lived online, where repetition, fear, and clever editing keep turning extinction into legend.
A newly described fossil from northern Australia reveals an 8 meter mega-shark that hunted in the age of dinosaurs, long before the famous Megalodon ever evolved. By pushing the origin of giant ...