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 a great ...

New research suggests that the prehistoric megalodon, the biggest shark known to have existed, was even larger than we ...

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 documentaries show a stocky, torpedo-shaped predator, built for speed and power.

In this video, we’ll learn about just how big great white sharks really are and how scientists can use their teeth to ...

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

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

A new study has revealed fascinating details about the Megalodon, the massive prehistoric shark that lived between 15 to 3.6 ...

"Previous studies simply assumed that megalodon must have looked like a gigantic version of the modern great white shark without any evidence," study lead author Kenshu Shimada, a paleobiology ...

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

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