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

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

The new study asked a simple question: How long were the parts not represented ... and tail relative to the total body length across 145 modern and 20 extinct species of sharks.

Based on the average proportions of the three body parts relative to one ... Shimada's team noted that existing gigantic sharks – namely the whale shark and basking shark – have relatively ...

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.

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 ...

So, when it comes to taste, sharks rely on other parts of their body to do the job. Sharks have specialized ... Instead, toothless sharks, such as the whale shark and the basking shark, are filter ...

Though it is known mostly from enormous fossil teeth, one find revealed parts ... basking sharks, and whales also tend to have more streamlined physiques: carrying around an overly bulky body ...

A whale-watching tour off Southern California got a close-up look at a passing basking shark, which are rarely seen in warmer waters, a video shows. A Davey’s Locker Whale Watching boat spotted ...