For decades, the megalodon, a terrible shark that ate only whales has been portrayed as the ultimate oceanic horror, its ...

Shark biologist Dr Phillip Sternes, of University of California, Riverside (UCR), said: ‘This study provides the most robust ...

Estimating megalodon’s length requires detective ... The largest living sharks, such as the whale shark and basking shark, have slimmer body plans which grant the giants greater hydrodynamic ...

is the whale shark, a sedate filter feeder. As recently as 4 million years ago, however, sharks of that scale likely included the fast-moving predator megalodon (formally Otodus megalodon).

Otodus megalodon was the largest predatory fish in Earth's history. Measuring up to 24 meters, it was longer than a truck ...

But scientists now think the enormous creature looked "closer in shape to a lemon shark or even a large whale". The usual way to guess at the size of a megalodon is by taking tooth measurements ...

Yet back then, any one of these creatures could become prey to the ocean's fiercest apex predator: the megalodon, a giant shark with massive teeth and a body the size of a whale. In many ways ...

Because the megalodon's triangular ... bigger Shimada's team noted that existing gigantic sharks – namely the whale shark and basking shark – have relatively slender bodies, which allow ...

Fossilized shark teeth are some of the most abundant ... ruthless apex predator is well-established; fossilized whale bones bear deep Megalodon tooth marks, providing clear evidence of their ...

A recent diving trip off the coast of Florida resulted in an ancient discovery. Kristina Scott found a 6-inch megalodon shark tooth while fossil diving in Venice. She said she’s been fossil diving for ...

Megalodon shark jaws and teeth at the American Museum ... as well as hydrodynamic models of how creatures like whale sharks (Rhincodon typus), basking sharks (Cetorhinus Maximus), and whales ...

The infamous beast, The Meg, that terrorised divers in the blockbuster film of the same name was closer to a whale ... compared the megalodon to a great white shark (Credits: Getty Images ...