Comparison of a megalodon tooth and a great white shark tooth, not associated with the study.Image Credit: Mark_Kostich/Shutterstock Megalodon teeth have always been ...

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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 ...

Ben Evans with the huge shark tooth found in Essex, believed to be from the megalodon. Credit: Jason Evans / JJ Giraldo A 13-year-old boy has found a shark tooth belonging to a super-predator that was ...

Shark biologists now say a lemon shark, like this one, is a better model of the extinct megalodon's body than the great white shark. The megalodon has long been imagined as an enormous great white ...