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

The now-extinct megalodon shark may have been larger than first believed, reaching lengths of 80 feet (24.3 meters), ...

The giant extinct shark species known as the megalodon has captured the interest of scientists and the general public alike, ...

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

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

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

A new study has revealed fascinating details about the Megalodon, the massive prehistoric shark that lived between 15 to 3.6 ...

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 ...

Megalodon may have had a long, sleek body Shimada and his team compared 145 species of living sharks and 20 species of extinct sharks and built a database of the proportions of their heads ...

By examining megalodon's vertebral column and comparing it to over 100 species of living and extinct sharks, they determined a more accurate proportion for the head, body, and tail. The findings ...