New research suggests that the prehistoric megalodon, the biggest shark known to have existed, was even larger than we ...

Megalodon have always been compared to the modern great white shark. Scientists have found a reason why it shouldn't be.

MEGALODON may have grown to a staggering 80 feet in length – and weighted 94 tons. The staggering size of the prehistoric killing machine has been revealed in a study that reveals what the ocean ...

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

The now-extinct megalodon shark may have been larger than first believed, reaching lengths of 80 feet (24.3 meters), according to a new study published in Palaeontologia Electronica last week.

Based on a partial 36-foot (11-meter) fossilized megalodon vertebral column (spine) previously unearthed in Belgium, the team investigated how big the shark’s other body parts might have been.

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

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 ...

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 ...

researchers now estimate the megalodon may have topped out at around 80-feet-long, or about two school buses, while weighing as much as 94 tons—roughly as massive as a blue whale. For reference ...