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

The megalodon has long been imagined as an enormous great white shark, but new research suggests that perception ... It also ...

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

The Meg was shaped more like a whale than the giant great white shark in the Jason Statham movies ... comparable to a large blue whale, but with a body designed for energy-efficient cruising ...

This apex predator roams the world's oceans and has developed an appetite for the livers of the largest and scariest fish in ...

For years, the megalodon has been imagined as a monstrous version of the great white shark. Depictions in movies and documentaries show a stocky, torpedo-shaped predator, built for speed and power.

If you picture a megalodon, chances are you envision what amounts to a gigantic great white shark ... much as 94 tons—roughly as massive as a blue whale. For reference, the predominant megalodon ...