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

Megalodon was likely a long, streamlined predator, not a bulky giant. Scientists compared its bones with modern sharks.

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.

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.

Its reputation as a ruthless apex predator is well-established; fossilized whale bones bear deep Megalodon tooth marks, providing clear evidence of their feeding habits, reinforcing the idea that ...

Scientists have long debated the true size of the megalodon (Otodus megalodon), which went extinct about six million years ago. The debate remains unresolved in part due to sharks lacking bones and ...

But not all paleontologists agree. This illustration of megalodon may be wrong. The ancient predatory shark went extinct around 3.6 million years ago and has been compared to modern great white ...

That’s about the size of a Chihuahua. The giant goldfish in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service post, jokingly nicknamed “megalodon” after an ancient shark, was found in Lake Erie ...

Fifteen million years ago, now-extinct species of dolphins, whales and large sea cows roamed the world’s oceans, topping the underwater food chain. Yet back then, any one of these creatures ...