Megalodons have been portrayed as gigantic great whites, but new research suggests they were more svelte and less agile ...

However, the current study did not use the great white as a proxy. Instead, the researchers compared the megalodon to more than 150 other species to estimate how big its head and tail were and ...

A new study has found that the Megalodon shark was actually not like a gigantic great white shark. The prehistoric megatooth shark was a more slender shark than previous studies have suggested.

The gargantuan shark that prowled the Miocene seas has long captured the imagination because of its stupendous 60-foot length—three times the size of the largest great white sharks.

A great white shark is big and bulky, says Sternes. So if Megalodon were that long, he's doubtful its spine could have supported a great white's thicker body shape.

The Megalodon, the largest shark to have ever lived, has been extinct for around 3.6 million years. Despite this, there is an ...

A Great White Shark is pictured on October 19, 2009 in Gansbaai, South Africa. Scientists have investigated whether this species helped to wipe out the megalodon.

Now, the new study shows that the megatooth shark had a body form that was more elongated than the modern great white shark. “The remarkably simple evidence that O. megalodon had a more slender ...

But modern great white sharks seem to have ascended to a somewhat higher level than their predecessors. Additionally, the shark with the highest trophic level was not megalodon but its ancestor ...

Ancient megalodon and great white sharks might not be that similar, study finds The Meg, a horror flick from 2018, might have you think the Megalodon looks like an enlarged Great White.

A new study says the great white shark was eating the same food as the megalodon, and it may be the reason why the huge beast is extinct. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap ...

And just like the great white shark inspired Jaws, the megalodon has also inspired a 1997 novel and a blockbuster film (2018's The Meg)—not to mention a controversial bit of "docu-fiction" on ...