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

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

A new study provides many new insights into the biology of the prehistoric gigantic shark megalodon (megatooth shark), which lived nearly worldwide 15–3.6 million years ago. Paleobiology professor ...

If there’s anywhere Team Lemon (formerly Team Mako) and Team Great White may find common ground, it’s megalodon speed. Rather ...

"Gigantism isn't just about getting bigger – it's about evolving the right body to survive at that scale," Sternes said. "And megalodon may have been one of the most extreme examples of that." ...

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, ...

or tiny tooth-like scales that cover sharks, from the megalodon. What they found was that these scales did not have ridges or ...

We have, however, found vertebrae and scales, and can use sharks that are alive today to answer questions about long-extinct species. If Megalodon followed the trends of the vast majority of ...

Formally called Otodus megalodon, it is primarily known only from its serrated teeth, vertebrae, and scales in the fossil record with no known complete skeletons. Although much smaller ...

“Megalodon is not a simple ... efficient than if they’re really kind of fat and chunky, like if you scale up a living great white — that argument is a good one,” he said.