Comparing the prehistoric predator to today’s great white probably resulted in an underestimation.

New study suggests megalodons may have grown 15 feet longer than some previous estimates, had enormous babies, and didn't look like supersized great white sharks.

A recent study has reshaped our understanding of megalodon (Otodus megalodon), the legendary prehistoric shark that ruled the oceans millions of years ago. Long believed to resemble an oversized great ...

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

The Megalodon ruled the oceans for nearly 15 million years before going extinct 3.6 million years ago. At around three times the size of the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), it was the ...

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

As one of the largest predators to have ever lived, megalodon captures people's imagination - and for good reason. But was this apex predator simply a beefed-up great white shark, and is it still ...

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 ...

there’s something about Megalodon that grips the imagination like no other. Fossilized shark teeth are some of the most abundant remnants of prehistoric oceans, providing scientists with crucial ...

But not all paleontologists agree. This illustration of megalodon may be wrong. The ancient predatory shark went extinct around 3.6 million years ago and has been compared to modern great white ...

As one of the largest predators to have ever lived, megalodon captures people's imagination - and for good reason. But was this apex predator simply a beefed-up great white shark, and is it still ...