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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before the famously huge megalodon, another fearsome ocean predator roamed the seas. According to a paper published earlier this ...

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 ...

Millions of years ago, the megalodon shark was one of the scariest creatures to ever lurk in our seas. And even before that, the mosasaurs reigned supreme, terrorizing every ocean creature in sight.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — For decades, kids and adults alike have watched “Shark Week,” the week-long feature on the fish that have commanded the oceans since time immemorial. But what you may not ...