Researchers in New Zealand found that a small species of shark makes noises with their teeth when touched by humans — and now ...

A new study proposes that the massive ancient shark was built more slenderly than a great white. But not all paleontologists ...

Megalodon was likely a long, streamlined predator, not a bulky giant. Scientists compared its bones with modern sharks.

Megalodon may have been up to 80 feet long, but the colossal extinct shark was also probably thinner than scientists ...

The giant extinct shark species known as the megalodon has captured the interest of scientists and the general public alike, ...

For years, the megalodon has been imagined as a monstrous version of the great white shark. Depictions in movies and documentaries show a stocky, torpedo-shaped predator, built for speed and power.

New research suggests that the prehistoric megalodon, the biggest shark known to have existed, was even larger than we ...

Shark biologists now say a lemon shark, like this one ... the prehistoric predator is known not just for its size but for its distinctive serrated teeth. Because the much smaller modern-day great ...

Past studies have estimated the megalodon’s length and body shape by comparing it to the great white shark, which has similar large, serrated teeth ... of the modern lemon shark, rather ...

Lemon Shark, Negaprion brevirostris ... study also revisited an analysis of fossilized placoid scales, or tiny tooth-like scales that cover sharks, from the megalodon. What they found was that ...