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

MEGALODON may have grown to a staggering 80 feet in length – and weighted 94 tons. The staggering size of the prehistoric killing machine has been revealed in a study that reveals what the ocean ...

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

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

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

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

While fans of the movie and novel “Jaws” might envision an encounter with a 22-foot great white shark as being daunting, ...

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

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 ...

If you picture a megalodon, chances are you envision what amounts to a gigantic great white shark. The image is understandable, given almost every depiction of the ancient apex predators across ...

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 ...