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

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

Megalodon was likely a long, streamlined predator, not a bulky giant. Scientists compared its bones with modern sharks.

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

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

For years, the megalodon has been imagined as a monstrous version of the great white shark. Depictions in movies and ...

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

The biggest, most formidable shark to have ever roamed the ocean may have been even larger than previously thought, according to a new study. The research, published Sunday in the journal ...

Yet back then, any one of these creatures could become prey to the ocean's fiercest apex predator: the megalodon, a giant shark with massive teeth and a body the size of a whale. In many ways ...

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Everyone's favorite prehistoric shark may have been much sleeker and much larger than previously thought. A new study ...

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