The megalodon, this extinct giant of the seas, may not have been the stocky colossus we thought. A new study suggests that this legendary predator had a longer and more slender body, resembling more a ...

Fifteen million years ago, now-extinct species of dolphins, whales and large sea cows ... of the megalodon have been discovered, and scientists have been able to piece together their best guess ...

Many previous Megalodon size estimates have been based upon the most complete available fossil of the sea creature: a 36-foot-long section ... about proportion — essentially what are the best ...

Precisely when the last megalodon died is not known, but new evidence suggests that it was at least 3.6 million years ago. Scientists think that up to a third of all large marine animals, including 43 ...

Few prehistoric monsters capture the imagination quite like the megalodon. From natural history museums to the silver screen, this colossal shark, which went extinct over three million years ago ...

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week ... But around the time megalodon disappeared, the oceans were changing. Sea levels rapidly fell during ...

A key breakthrough of this study was identifying the lemon shark as the best living analog for megalodon's proportions. Unlike the great white, lemon sharks have a more elongated body. When the ...

If you've got an appetite for deep sea thrills, then Prime Video just ... previously-thought-extinct megalodon, he's moved to action. "The Meg" is a movie about our action hero as he races against ...