Paleobiology Professor Kenshu Shimada is leading a study alongside 28 experts. A new scientific study offers significant ...

New research reveals that the megalodon likely had a slender body more akin to a lemon shark than a great white. This ...

Megalodon, the largest shark, was probably slimmer and longer than previously believed, a new study has revealed. Scientists ...

"If you stay in a skinnier body, there is a better chance of being able to grow larger," Shimada said. This principle applies to megalodon, which according to Shimada's new study could have been up to ...

Mixodectes pungens, a species of small mammal that inhabited western North America in the early Paleocene, was a mystery.

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

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

If Meg 3 ever happens, the filmmakers might need to ditch the oversized great white shark trope. A new study published in Palaeontologia Electronica found that the famous megalodon wasn’t just an ...

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 ...

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

New research reignites debate over the size of this extinct giant, also suggesting it looked unlike a great white ...