DePaul professor makes waves with research of extinct Megalodon shark
The DePaulia Corey Schmidt, Staff Writer|January 24, 2021 Dr. Kenshu Shimada, a DePaul professor of environmental and biological sciences, completed a study finding patterns in birth size, continued growth and reproductive mode of the extinct Megalodon shark. Shimada and his team — consisting of Dr. Matthew Bonnan of Stockton University, Dr. Martin Beck, Michael Giffiths from William Paterson University and undergraduate research assistants — found that some of the sharks would hatch earlier than others while inside the mother. “[Megalon] sharks don’t lay their eggs outside the body...