A new study has uncovered evidence of far-reaching ecosystem consequences following the disappearance of Great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) from False Bay, South Africa. The research spans ...

Paleobiology Professor Kenshu Shimada is leading a study alongside 28 experts. A new scientific study offers significant ...

5.2m), Rhincodon typus (Whale Shark, 9.8m) and conservative/maximum estimates of the largest known adult size of Carcharodon megalodon (15-20m), with a human Homo sapiens (1.8 m). Sarina1001, CC BY-SA ...

5.2m), Rhincodon typus (Whale Shark, 9.8m) and conservative/maximum estimates of the largest known adult size of Carcharodon megalodon (15-20m), with a human Homo sapiens (1.8 m). Sarina1001, CC BY-SA ...

Megalodon have always been compared to the modern great white shark. Scientists have found a reason why it shouldn't be.

Laeticia Brouwer, 17, died after being bitten by a white shark in 2017 - while diver Gary Johnsson and surfer Andrew Sharpe died in separate incidents in 2020. And it comes just days after another ...

A recent study has reshaped our understanding of megalodon (Otodus megalodon), the legendary prehistoric shark that ruled the oceans millions of years ago. Long believed to resemble an oversized great ...

Most estimates settle between around 13 to 18 meters, with the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) as the basis for their model, using one of the most complete megalodon fossils we have: an almost ...

The megalodon has long been imagined as an enormous great white shark, but new research suggests that perception is all wrong. The study finds the prehistoric hunter had a much longer body—closer in ...

The Meg was shaped more like a whale than the giant great white shark in the Jason Statham movies, suggests new research. Megalodon, the prehistoric ocean hunter, was a "longer, sleeker super ...

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 ...