The bold question-askers at What If compare the massive Megalodon to modern sharks to highlight its terrifying scale.

The mighty megalodon is the most famous extinct shark on earth – with giant jaws and a tremendous size that inspire myths and ...

Largest shark that ever lived: Scientists unlock mystery about the megalodon The monster shark, depicted in the 2018 sci-fi horror film ‘The Meg,’ dominated the ocean 3.5 million years ago.

Cooper concluded that a megalodon would have been a stocky, powerful shark—measuring some 52 feet (16 meters) in length with a body mass of 67.86 tons—able to execute bursts of high speed to ...

The new study, “Reassessment of the possible size, form, weight, cruising speed, and growth parameters of the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), and new ...

Watch this video to uncover how scientists use great white shark teeth to estimate their size, and how they apply similar techniques to the extinct megalodon. Learn about the challenges of ...

But despite the Megalodon's impressive size at birth, it maintained a fairly moderate annual growth, increasing by an average of 6.1 inches per year. The study also provides an insight into the ...

This challenges long-held beliefs about the creature’s size, shape, and even behavior. Forming an accurate view of an ancient shark has proven to be tricky business.

Now, the new study shows that the megatooth shark had a body form that was more elongated than the modern great white shark. “The remarkably simple evidence that O. megalodon had a more slender ...

The extinct shark is often imagined as a supersized great white measuring up to 50 feet long. Now scientists argue megalodon was slimmer, and perhaps even longer.

O. megalodon, my megalodon. The gargantuan shark that prowled the Miocene seas has long captured the imagination because of its stupendous 60-foot length—three times the size of the largest ...

Megalodon, the ancient shark often depicted as a super-sized great white, was in fact a rather different beast, according to a new analysis of fossil evidence. The fearsome predator was longer ...