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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As a shark, megalodon is part of the family of cartilaginous ... than if they’re really kind of fat and chunky, like if you scale up a living great white — that argument is a good one, ...

Prior estimates hypothesized that the giant shark could have stretched ... or tiny tooth-like scales that cover sharks, from the megalodon. What they found was that these scales did not have ...

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 ...