Megalodons might have been longer and thinner than previously thought, according to a new study. The enormous, extinct sharks ...

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A new study suggests that the megalodon wasn't as stocky as the great white shark, and that it could have reached over 24 m (80 ft) in length. As is the case with other prehistoric sharks ...

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 ...

The megalodon has long been imagined as an enormous great white shark, but new research suggests that perception is all wrong. The study finds the prehistoric hunter had a much longer body -- closer ...

Between around 20 million and 3.6 million years ago, Megalodon ruled the seas of ancient Earth. As no complete megalodon (Otodus megalodon) skeletons have ever been found, so our knowledge of ...

Shark biologists now say a lemon shark, like this one, is a better model of the extinct megalodon's body than the great white shark. The megalodon has long been imagined as an enormous great white ...

The infamous beast, The Meg, that terrorised divers in the blockbuster film of the same name was closer to a whale, research suggests. Experts have said the prehistoric predator the Megaladon was ...

A new study has revealed that the megalodon, the largest shark to ever roam the oceans, could have reached lengths of up to 80 feet—far surpassing earlier estimates. Previously thought to ...

Famously, the Megalodon was the biggest shark in the world, and one of the most powerful predators to have ever lived. Formally called Otodus megalodon, it is commonly portrayed as a gigantic ...