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

Tourist gets trapped in diving cage as great white shark accidentally breaches it, lunges at what it thought is a ‘bait’ and finally breaks free and swims away ...

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

Everyone's favorite prehistoric shark may have been much sleeker and much larger than previously thought. A new study suggests that the megalodon wasn't as stocky as the great white shark ...

Scientists have discovered that the long-extinct megalodon, also known as the megatooth shark ... temperature in certain body parts, similar to the modern great white and mako sharks.

“We kind of realized — click— that (the) great white shark is not a good model,” Shimada said ... The researchers then ...

The new study asked a simple question: How long were the parts not represented ... which has a more slender body than the modern great white shark. The team also noticed that modern-day gigantic ...

Past studies have estimated the megalodon’s length and body shape by comparing it to the great white shark, which has similar large, serrated teeth. But Sternes said those studies relied on ...

Seasoned anglers Luke Beard and Jason Rosenfeld netted a lifetime achievement on the shores of North Carolina.

“We kind of realized — click— that (the) great white shark is not a good model ... compared these proportions with the parts of megalodon’s body that have been found.