Megalodons have been portrayed as gigantic great whites, but new research suggests they were more svelte and less agile ...

However, the current study did not use the great white as a proxy. Instead, the researchers compared the megalodon to more than 150 other species to estimate how big its head and tail were and ...

Scientists previously thought that the megalodon would've looked more like a great white shark – but supersized Credit: AFP. That means it would've had a more slender body that modern great whites.

Megalodon teeth are the largest of all shark species. With teeth that can measure up to the size of a human hand, it is easy ...

Not everyone agreed, however, Last year, a team of 26 shark experts led by Kenshu Shimada, a paleobiologist at DePaul University, further challenged the great white shark comparison, arguing that ...

The megalodon has long been imagined as an enormous great white shark, but new research suggests that perception is all wrong. The study finds the prehistoric hunter had a much longer body—closer in ...

The megalodon, great white shark and mako shark are not the only warm-blooded marine animals. Others include aquatic mammals such as whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions, walruses and manatees.

The largest kind of shark is called the whale shark, which has been known to get as large as 60-feet long, the Smithsonian ...

The largest shark to ever live was likely the mighty megalodon ( Otodus megalodon ), which swam in prehistoric oceans from 23 to 3.6 million years ago and is now definitely extinct. Paleontologists ...

White sharks suffered great declines after the Jaws movie was released. But these iconic predators must be protected.