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

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

New research reignites debate over the size of this extinct giant, also suggesting it looked unlike a great white ...

Goldfish possess genetic traits that allow them to swell up to four pounds—the size of a Chihuahua. Experts say that's why ...

Megalodon pose a curious challenge to scientists because despite being one of the largest animals ever to grace the oceans, ...

Not only did the movie depict the long-extinct megalodon surviving to modern times, but the 75-foot-long (23-meter-long) Hollywood version of the predator seemed way too big. Exactly how large ...

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

A small but fascinating collection of Megalodon teeth exhibit deep bite marks from other Megalodons, raising questions about ...

If Meg 3 ever happens, the filmmakers might need to ditch the oversized great white shark trope. A new study published in Palaeontologia Electronica found that the famous megalodon wasn’t just an ...

Instead, the researchers compared the megalodon to more than 150 other species to estimate how big its head and tail were and then added those sums to the existing fossilized record of the trunk ...

Megalodon likely birthed live young that grew so big through oophagy, which is a kind of intrauterine cannibalism where developing young effectively snack on their siblings. “Building on one of ...