As for body shape, taking the new length estimates into account, the lemon shark appears to be the closest modern analogue. "However, the exact position and shape of practically all the fins ...

Divers in the Bahamas got a once-in-a-lifetime glimpse inside a shark's mouth when a curious predator swallowed their camera during a feeding dive. Incredible footage shared on social media ...

What’s more, he and his coauthors posit that megalodon was slenderer than previously thought, closer in build to a sleek lemon shark than a chunky great white, according to the study published ...

Shark biologists now say a lemon shark, like this one, is a better model of the extinct megalodon's body than the great white shark. The megalodon has long been imagined as an enormous great white ...

The shark kept biting and eventually partially swallowed the camera in its mouth. The diver tried to pull it away as the video shows the inside of the creature's mouth. At one point, the camera ...

In terms of today’s shark parallels, think less “mako” and more “lemon.” Megalodons may have resembled sleeker lemon sharks than great whites. Credit: Deposit Photos Rob de Vries The ...

The new study compared megalodon fossils with more than 150 living and extinct shark species. It found the megalodon may have had a longer, more slender body resembling that of the modern lemon ...

The megalodon has long been imagined as an enormous great white shark, but new research suggests that perception is all wrong. The study finds the prehistoric hunter had a much longer body—closer in ...