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

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

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

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.

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

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

A Saint John auction house has opened online bidding on a collection of megalodon shark teeth that are millions of years old.

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 ...

The now-extinct megalodon shark may have been larger than first believed, reaching lengths of 80 feet (24.3 meters), according to a new study published in Palaeontologia Electronica last week.

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