Megalodon have always been compared to the modern great white shark. Scientists have found a reason why it shouldn't be.

A new study proposes that the massive ancient shark was built more slenderly than a great white. But not all paleontologists ...

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

New research suggests that the prehistoric megalodon, the biggest shark known to have existed, was even larger than we ...

For years, the megalodon has been imagined as a monstrous version of the great white shark. Depictions in movies and documentaries show a stocky, torpedo-shaped predator, built for speed and power.

Experts have said the prehistoric predator the Megaladon was a ‘sleeker’ creature than the one portrayed in the 2018 movie, where a beast akin to a great white shark wrought havoc in the ocean. Using ...

The giant extinct shark species known as the megalodon has captured the interest of scientists and the general public alike, ...

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If there’s anywhere Team Lemon (formerly Team Mako) and Team Great White may find common ground, it’s megalodon speed. Rather ...

"Previous studies simply assumed that megalodon must have looked like a gigantic version of the modern great white shark without any evidence," study lead author Kenshu Shimada, a paleobiology ...

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 ...

"It is more likely than not that megalodon must have had a much slenderer body than the modern great white shark." With no living relatives alive today, megalodon sharks were unique in that they ...