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

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

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

A new study provides many new insights into the biology of the prehistoric gigantic shark megalodon (megatooth shark), which ...

MEGALODON may have grown to a staggering 80 feet in length – and weighted 94 tons. The staggering size of the prehistoric ...

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

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

Everyone's favorite prehistoric shark may have been much sleeker and much larger than previously thought. A new study ...

Researchers refined their size estimates of the prehistoric shark by studying the bodily proportions of 165 other shark ...

Paleobiology Professor Kenshu Shimada is leading a study alongside 28 experts. A new scientific study offers significant ...

and they estimated that the megalodon's cruising speed was between 1.3 and 2.2 miles per hour — about the same speed as the great white. “Living gigantic sharks, such as the whale shark and ...

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 ...