It may have been comparable in length to today's biggest whale sharks, the largest of which has measured in at 18.8 metres. Without a complete megalodon skeleton to measure, these figures are based on ...

How a human diver would have compared to the real Meg The enormity of a prehistoric mega-shark made famous ... relatives to find the overall size of the megalodon, which lived from about 23 ...

Back then, megalodon sharks had to eat large amounts of food frequently to maintain the energy they needed to support their ...

The ocean’s most formidable cold-hearted killer, the long-extinct giant megalodon shark, may have been warm ... Its massive size, combined with the metabolic cost of maintaing a high body ...

Megalodon was even deadlier than the most powerful sharks alive today. It had an enormous size to go with its incredible hunting senses. This shark would try to sneak up on its foes and bite them ...

but is significantly warmer than most sharks. Its warmer operating temperature may be what allowed Otodus megalodon to grow so huge, dominant and terrifying. The researchers write that its warmer ...

A megalodon's head alone was the size of a car. The prehistoric monster of Hollywood fame was the largest meat-eating shark to ever roam the ocean. It reached lengths of 50 feet, with dorsal fins ...

A prehistoric food fight may have spelled the end for the megalodon, the largest shark that ever lived. A study of the ocean giant's fossil teeth suggests it had to compete for food with another ...

The Calvert Marine Museum this month unveiled a new exhibit featuring a never-before-seen set of teeth from an extinct ...

The Calvert Marine Museum this month unveiled a new exhibit featuring a never-before-seen set of teeth from an extinct ...

For the past eight years, Nance and other scientists have been searching and finding teeth that belonged to the same shark – a giant megalodon ... one is off the charts; it’s an unbelievable ...

It may have been comparable in length to today's biggest whale sharks, the largest of which has measured in at 18.8 metres. Without a complete megalodon skeleton to measure, these figures are based on ...