The ancient shark is typically imagined with the scaled-up stout frame of a modern great white. But in life, the giant may have been more elongated.

The infamous predator is often depicted as a larger, more fearsome version of the great white shark—however it seems this is not so accurate.

The ancient extinct shark that starred in the film The Meg is thought to be the largest shark that ever swam the Earth. But there's debate over what it really looked like.

So, they compared the megalodon teeth with the teeth of sharks that swim the oceans today to work out what the giant predators ate.

The ancient extinct shark that starred in the film The Meg is thought to be the largest shark that ever swam the Earth. But there's debate over what it really looked like.

A new study of megalodon teeth suggests they ate pretty much everything in the ancient oceans.

Megalodon, the giant shark species that disappeared around 3.6 million years ago, was the most ferocious creature that ever lived. What do we know about it?

Maybe it wasn't so mega The megalodon went extinct 3.6 million years ago, and is thought to be the largest shark that ever swam the Earth. But there's debate over what it looked like.