Megalodon, the largest shark, was probably slimmer and longer than previously believed, a new study has revealed. Scientists ...

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

Researchers refined their size estimates of the prehistoric shark by studying the bodily proportions of 165 other shark ...

For years, the megalodon has been imagined as a monstrous version of the great white shark. Depictions in movies and ...

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

The giant extinct shark species known as the megalodon has captured the interest of scientists and the general public alike, ...

Acanthodians are not at all shark-like in shape, for they have diamond-shaped scales and spines in front of all the fins,' says Emma. 'But they do have a cartilage skeleton, a shark-like skull and jaw ...

It remains a sad fact of this world that we will never know for certain what the long-lost megalodon truly looked like – but a new study gives us what may be the most accurate reconstruction yet.

Forest veterinary doctors who conducted the necropsy have collected samples of heart and muscle for a detailed ...

Skeletal reconstruction and tooth arrangement of Netsepoye from the Late Mississippian of Montana. Teeth are arranged as if ...

As a shark, megalodon is part of the family of cartilaginous fishes. “They have a very poorly mineralized skeleton. There are no true bones that make the skeleton hard,” Shimada said.