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

Paleobiology Professor Kenshu Shimada is leading a study alongside 28 experts. A new scientific study offers significant insights into the biology of Megalodon (formally Otodus megalodon), a massive ...

"If you stay in a skinnier body, there is a better chance of being able to grow larger," Shimada said. This principle applies ...

MEGALODON may have grown to a staggering 80 feet in length – and weighted 94 tons. The staggering size of the prehistoric ...

Paleobiologist Dr. Kenshu Shimada has been fascinated by fossil sharks, including the giant Otodus megalodon, since childhood — he found his first megalodon tooth at 13 years old.

For years, the megalodon has been imagined as a monstrous version of the great white shark. Depictions in movies and ...

Few prehistoric monsters capture the imagination quite like the megalodon. From natural history museums to the silver screen, ...

Scientists say the megalodon was a "longer, sleeker super predator" The post Megalodon’s shape was more like whales than ...

roughly the size of an adult great white shark. "It is entirely possible that megalodon pups were already taking down marine mammals shortly after being born," Sternes said. A key breakthrough of this ...

The Megalodon - which swam the seas roughly 15 to 3.6 million years ago - was a longer beast than previously thought, a study ...

The new analysis reveals as a newborn, a megalodon could have been nearly 13 feet long, roughly the size of an adult great ...