After all, the scientists can only chart the Megalodon's lifespan based on the 46-year-old specimen they have. Estimating the shark's lifespan beyond that gets a little complicated.

The new study also reassessed other biological aspects. For example, a 24.3-meter-long O. megalodon would have weighed around 94 tons, and the cruising speed estimated from scale morphology was 2. ...

The mighty megalodon is the most famous extinct shark on earth – with giant jaws and a tremendous size that inspire myths and ...

New research into the ancient megalodon shark species has revealed the most accurate estimates of its size to date. The creatures could grow to 59 feet in length, according to researchers.

Megalodon, simply known as the Meg, was the fiercest and the largest aquatic predator to have ever lived on Earth. The prehistoric shark went extinct around 2.6 million years ago.

Most of us picture megalodon as a Jason-Statham-hunting monster that looked like a giant great white shark, but that probably wasn’t the case. A new study re-examines fossil evidence and ...

To build a 3D model, the researchers looked to a rare find: part of a vertebral column of a megalodon fossil found in the 1860s. The animal had lived in the region of Belgium and died about 18 ...

Their model revealed that the megalodon would have been around 16 meters long, and weighed in excess of 61.5 tons. Its stomach meanwhile had a volume of almost 10,000 liters.

Aside from size, the appearance of the Megalodon is quite similar to reality, and Meghan Balk points out that “When I looked at it, I was like, oh, they did a pretty good job.

A charter boat captain found a whopping 6.25-inch long megalodon shark tooth in Florida. The tooth probably belongs to a giant megalodon that would have measured around 50 feet in size.

A new scientific study provides many new insights into the biology of the prehistoric gigantic shark, Megalodon or megatooth shark, which lived nearly worldwide 15-3.6 million years ago.