The infamous beast, The Meg, that terrorised divers in the blockbuster film of the same name was closer to a whale ... compared the megalodon to a great white shark (Credits: Getty Images ...

But scientists now think the enormous creature looked "closer in shape to a lemon shark or even a large whale". The usual way to guess at the size of a megalodon is by taking tooth measurements ...

The study finds the prehistoric hunter had a much longer body -- closer in shape to a lemon shark or even a large whale. The megalodon has long been imagined as an enormous great white shark ...

there’s something about Megalodon that grips the imagination like no other. Fossilized shark teeth are some of ... fossilized whale bones bear deep Megalodon tooth marks, providing clear ...