The megalodon was thought to look like a supersized great white shark, but a new study suggests otherwise. Using a great white to "reconstruct the body form of Megalodon lacks empirical fossil ...

Chemical clues in the teeth of living sharks and 13 fossil megalodon teeth suggest the great white shark and the megalodon once had similar positions in the food web and may have competed for the ...

As one of the largest predators to have ever lived, megalodon captures people's imagination - and for good reason. But was this apex predator simply a beefed-up great white shark, and is it still ...

“Megalodon was quite a bit warmer than both of these modern apex predators [the great white and mako sharks], which makes megalodon unique,” said geochemist and paleoclimatologist Michael ...

70foot Sharks with teeth like shovel blades and fins the size of huge sails A whalers harpoon would bounce off Megalodon like a toothpick Explore Mega ...

Watch the video above to see how big the megalodon's tooth compares to that of a great white shark. You can also see how big it is in the photo below! Which has a stronger bite? A T-Rex or the ...

Swansea University The project was supervised by shark expert Dr Catalina Pimiento of Swansea University Results suggest a 16m (52ft) megalodon - almost three times as long as a great white shark ...

While megalodons' body proportions are unknown, Shimada's group used the vertebrae-to-body size ratio of another lamniform, a great white shark, to estimate the megalodon's size. Based on that ...

“Because megalodon went extinct around the time ... on the vulnerability of large marine apex predators, such as the great white shark, to stressors such as climate change,” adds Griffiths.