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

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

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

Few prehistoric monsters capture the imagination quite like the megalodon. From natural history museums to the silver screen, ...

The megalodon has long been imagined as an enormous great white shark, but new research suggests that perception is all wrong ...

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

It remains a sad fact of this world that we will never know for certain what the long-lost megalodon truly looked like – but a new study gives us what may be the most accurate reconstruction yet.

The giant extinct shark species known as the megalodon has captured the interest of scientists and the general public alike, even inspiring the 2018 blockbuster film The Meg. The species lived ...

Fossilized teeth of an ancient mega-shark has led us to understand Megalodon behavior a lot better. Here's what scientists ...

The research, published Sunday in the journal “Palaeontologia Electronica,” suggests that the megalodon, which dominated the ocean 3.5 million years ago, was more than three times the size of ...

For context, adult human vertebrae are roughly 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) in diameter. Neither shark backbone specimens were found with the massive, serrated teeth associated with megalodon ...