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 ...

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

A recent study has reshaped our understanding of megalodon (Otodus megalodon), the legendary prehistoric shark that ruled the oceans millions of years ago. Long believed to resemble an oversized great ...

A new study has revealed fascinating details about the Megalodon, the massive prehistoric shark that lived between 15 to 3.6 ...

An artistic rendering of an Otodus megalodon, not from the study addressed in this article. This interpretation makes megalodon look just like a great white shark, but new research suggests this ...

In many ways, the so-called "monster shark" is regularly featured in TV ... Scientists have long debated the true size of the megalodon (Otodus megalodon), which went extinct about six million ...

While fans of the movie and novel “Jaws” might envision an encounter with a 22-foot great white shark as being daunting, ...

Formally called Otodus megalodon, the prehistoric predator is known not just for its size but for its distinctive serrated teeth. Because the much smaller modern-day great white shark (Carcharodon ...

The now-extinct megalodon shark may have been larger than first ... Despite this, no whole megalodon (Otodus megalodon) skeleton has ever been discovered, so most of the scientific research ...

Formally called Otodus megalodon, it is primarily known ... Although much smaller, the modern-day great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) also has serrated teeth, and thus the prehistoric ...

More information: Reassessment of the possible size, form, weight, cruising speed, and growth parameters of the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), and new ...