Some Megalodons Reached 80 Feet—But They Weren’t Built Like Great Whites, Research Suggests
Researchers refined their size estimates of the prehistoric shark by studying the bodily proportions of 165 other shark ...
Bigger Than We Thought? Scientists Reveal New Megalodon Size Estimates
Paleobiology Professor Kenshu Shimada is leading a study alongside 28 experts. A new scientific study offers significant ...
Stingrays reveal nature's elegant solution to maintaining geometric armor growth
How does the armored tiling on shark and ray cartilage maintain a continuous covering as the animals' skeletons expand during ...
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Megalodon may have been much bigger than we thought
Everyone's favorite prehistoric shark may have been much sleeker and much larger than previously thought. A new study ...
Exploring the Greenland shark's secret to extreme longevity
Greenland sharks are thought to have lifespans that can reach 400 years. Building upon previous work, University of Tokyo-led ...
Massive megalodon was even longer than scientists thought
Megalodon may have been up to 80 feet long, but the colossal extinct shark was also probably thinner than scientists ...
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A longer, sleeker super predator: Megalodon’s true form
“This study provides the most robust analysis yet of megalodon’s body size and shape,” said Phillip Sternes, a shark ...
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Megalodon Wasn’t a Fat Great White—It Was a Sleek Lean Killing Machine
If Meg 3 ever happens, the filmmakers might need to ditch the oversized great white shark trope. A new study published in Palaeontologia Electronica found that the famous megalodon wasn’t just an ...
One of Earth’s most ferocious predators may have looked very different than we thought
Few prehistoric monsters capture the imagination quite like the megalodon. From natural history museums to the silver screen, ...