A new study proposes that the massive ancient shark was built more slenderly than a great white. But not all paleontologists agree. This illustration of megalodon may be wrong. The ancient ...

What’s more, he and his coauthors posit that megalodon was slenderer than previously thought, closer in build to a sleek lemon shark than a chunky great white, according to the study published ...

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 giant extinct shark species known as the megalodon has captured the interest of scientists and the general public alike, even inspiring the 2018 blockbuster film The Meg. The species lived ...

The biggest, most formidable shark to have ever roamed the ocean may have been even larger than previously thought, according to a new study. The research, published Sunday in the journal ...

there’s something about Megalodon that grips the imagination like no other. Fossilized shark teeth are some of the most abundant remnants of prehistoric oceans, providing scientists with crucial ...