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

The biggest, most formidable shark to have ever roamed the ocean may have been even larger than previously thought, according to a new study. The research, published Sunday in the journal ...

What’s more, he and his coauthors posit that megalodon was slenderer than previously thought, closer in build to a sleek lemon shark than a ... animal can be and still move efficiently through ...

Based on these and other findings, it is now believed that the megalodon may have been closer to the present-day lemon shark in appearance. Whatever the case was, you still likely wouldn't want to ...

But if you were to scale a great white shark’s body plan up to megalodon-like lengths, the resulting animal would have had a more difficult time swimming through the water. “Although we still ...

also drawing conclusions about the megalodon's body mass, swimming speed (based on hydrodynamic principles), and growth patterns. As previously reported, the largest shark alive today, reaching up ...

It's often thought that the megalodon would've looked a lot like a great white shark, but bigger ... to grow to such large sizes – and still thrive. Scientists compared it to Olympic swimmers ...

"This study provides the most robust analysis yet of megalodon's body size and shape," says marine biologist Phillip Sternes, formerly of the University of California Riverside, now at SeaWorld.