With large eyes, razor-sharp teeth and a compact body built for hunting, Janjucetus dullardi is nothing like the gentle giants known today, but this newly discovered ancient whale is one of their earliest cousins.
Florida anglers say sharks are snatching their catches at unprecedented rates, calling it an "overwhelming problem" and blaming a boom in Gulf shark numbers.
One-third of shark species are at risk of extinction, yet scientists still lack basic data on their habitats, populations, and trends. To solve this, researchers at Virginia Tech, Stanford University, and others are building ...
White sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) almost went bottom-up during the last ice age, when sea levels were much lower than they are today and sharks had to get by with less space. The most recent cold snap ended about 10,000 ...
While many sharks hunt for small, abundant prey when looking for a meal, great hammerheads have a supersized strategy with some big payoffs—eat other sharks.
Off the western coast of the United Kingdom, conservationists attached some bait to an underwater camera, dropped the contraption to the seabed and waited. When they eventually watched the footage, it left them stunned.
The Mediterranean white shark is as elusive and mysterious as the sharks in the Atlantic and Pacific are well known.
Amid growing concerns about shark bites on Australian beaches, researchers have developed a new framework to compare and assess the broad range of prevention measures available to help identify which are most suitable to ...
Critically Endangered female angel sharks (Squatina squatina) are changing normal mating routines in warming oceans as they prioritize staying cool over visiting breeding grounds when things get too hot.
Phones with the Sharktivity app were buzzing on the regular for the first time this season on July 15.
