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

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

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

Everyone's favorite prehistoric shark may have been much sleeker and much larger than previously thought. A new study ...

A new study proposes that the massive ancient shark was built more slenderly than a great white. But not all paleontologists ...

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.

It remains a sad fact of this world that we will never know for certain what the long-lost megalodon truly looked like – but a new study gives us what may be the most accurate reconstruction yet.