News

Maybe megalodon wasn’t so chonky after all
A new study proposes that the massive ancient shark was built more slenderly than a great white. But not all paleontologists ...
Study: Megalodon’s body shape was closer to a lemon shark
The giant extinct shark species known as the megalodon has captured the interest of scientists and the general public alike, ...
Hosted on MSN1mon
A Chilling Megalodon Clue Spotted In Resurfaced Footage Is Convincing People It Could Still Exist
Not a single tooth, not one whale bone with a modern megalodon scratch mark, not even a baby shark tooth has turned up in newer layers. For an animal that sheds up to 40,000 teeth in one lifetime ...
Irish Sun1mon
Megalodon grew to 80 FEET as shark’s ‘true form’ revealed for first time – and even babies were 13ft killing machines
MEGALODON may have grown to a staggering 80 feet in length – and weighted 94 tons. The staggering size of the prehistoric killing machine has been revealed in a study that reveals what the ocean ...
CNN29d
Massive megalodon was even longer than scientists thought
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Paleobiologist Dr ...
New Atlas29d
Megalodon may have been much bigger than we thought
A new study suggests that the megalodon wasn't as stocky as the great white shark, and that it could have reached over 24 m (80 ft) in length. As is the case with other prehistoric sharks ...
Gizmodo1mon
Some Megalodons Reached 80 Feet—But They Weren’t Built Like Great Whites, Research Suggests
while others remained baby sharks by comparison (doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo). Based on a partial 36-foot (11-meter) fossilized megalodon vertebral column (spine) previously unearthed in Belgium ...