“Our research team found that the modern great white shark with a rather stout body hypothetically blown up to the size of megalodon would not allow it to be an efficient swimmer due to ...

Dan Rothermel took to social media and posted photos and video of the group -- including Luke Beard, Jason Rosenfeld and ...

What’s more, he and his coauthors posit that megalodon was slenderer than previously thought, closer in build to a sleek lemon shark than a chunky great white ... the maximum size for megalodon ...

If the megalodon was a similar shape and size to the modern great white shark, that stocky body would “not allow it to be an efficient swimmer,” to catch prey and survive, Shimada explained.

But there are no known complete skeletons, which makes getting a perfect picture of its size difficult. It's previously been thought to look like a great white shark – and that's how it's ...

Sternes also contends the latest study “provides the most robust analysis yet of megalodon’s body size and shape.” “Rather than resembling an oversized great white shark, it was actually ...

Considering their massive size, the height that great white ... shark to generate the momentum needed to launch itself out of the water. This is why breaching is more common in areas where deep ...