Because even larger megalodon vertebrae have been discovered elsewhere, the researchers also calculated that individuals of this extinct species could grow to be as large as 80 feet long, which is the ...

For years, the megalodon has been imagined as a monstrous version of the great white shark. Depictions in movies and documentaries show a stocky, torpedo-shaped predator, built for speed and power.

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

If there’s anywhere Team Lemon (formerly Team Mako) and Team Great White may find common ground, it’s megalodon speed. Rather ...

The megalodon has long been imagined as an enormous great white shark, but new research suggests that perception ... It also likely weighed an estimated 94 tons, comparable to a large blue whale, but ...

It may have been comparable in length to today's biggest whale sharks ... when compared with the great white, with a flatter, almost squashed jaw. Like the blue shark, it also had extra-long pectoral ...

When you think of giant sharks, the great white from the blockbuster ... Some think that the whale shark’s cartilaginous skeleton may prevent it from reaching larger, blue whale-like proportions.

However, their analysis comparing various species to determine that the megalodon more closely resembled the lemon shark than the great white also includes whales, and it would have been helpful ...