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A new study provides many new insights into the biology of the prehistoric gigantic shark megalodon (megatooth shark), which lived nearly worldwide 15–3.6 million years ago. Paleobiology professor ...

Megalodon, the biggest shark to have ever lived, may not have looked like an uber great white shark as is generally assumed — but instead may have been longer and thinner, scientists have revealed.

Scientists have used a combination of ancient fossil remains and the scans of a great white shark to create a 3D model of a prehistoric megalodon. Armed with this model, the researchers figured out ...

Megalodon, the largest shark that ever lived, is famous for its huge, human-hand-sized teeth. However, there is little fossil evidence of its whole body. International researchers have now used an ...

A new shark study reveals that the iconic extinct Megalodon shark grew to larger sizes in cooler waters than in warmer areas. DePaul University paleobiology professor Kenshu Shimada and coauthors ...