Megalodon was likely a long, streamlined predator, not a bulky giant. Scientists compared its bones with modern sharks.

Megalodon may have been up to 80 feet long, but the colossal extinct shark was also probably thinner than scientists ...

A small but fascinating collection of Megalodon teeth exhibit deep bite marks from other Megalodons, raising questions about ...

For years, the megalodon has been imagined as a monstrous version of the great white shark. Depictions in movies and ...

Megalodon, the largest shark, was probably slimmer and longer than previously believed, a new study has revealed. Scientists ...

Researchers had based some informed guesses about just how massive the megalodon - a prehistoric giant fish that hunted the ...

New research reignites debate over the size of this extinct giant, also suggesting it looked unlike a great white ...

The research, published Sunday in the journal “Palaeontologia Electronica,” suggests that the megalodon, which dominated the ocean 3.5 million years ago, was more than three times the size of ...

If you picture a megalodon, chances are you envision what amounts to a gigantic great white shark. The image is understandable, given almost every depiction of the ancient apex predators across ...

As a shark, megalodon is part of the family of cartilaginous fishes. “They have a very poorly mineralized skeleton. There are no true bones that make the skeleton hard,” Shimada said.