Search results for Sharks

Plants & Animals Jun 24, 2025

Sharks freeze when you turn them upside down—and there's no good reason why

Imagine watching your favorite nature documentary. The predator lunges rapidly from its hiding place, jaws wide open, and the prey … suddenly goes limp. It looks dead.

Ecology Jun 20, 2025

Jaws helped spur a fishing frenzy—so how have the world's sharks fared since the 1975 release?

Steven Spielberg's Jaws opened across North America on June 20, 1975, and immediately tapped into the primal human fear of being hunted by a huge, savvy predator.

Plants & Animals Jun 19, 2025

Skin biopsies offer less invasive studies of the reproductive status of sharks

Researchers from the UAB have shown that sex hormones accumulate in the skin of sharks. This finding opens a new way for the evaluation of their reproductive status by the biopsy of a sample that can be taken remotely in ...

Plants & Animals Jun 19, 2025

'Jaws' at 50: How a single movie changed our perception of white sharks forever

It's been 50 years since Steven Spielberg's movie "Jaws" first cast a terrifying shadow across our screens.

Plants & Animals Jun 18, 2025

50 years after 'Jaws,' researchers have retired the man-eater myth and revealed more about sharks' amazing biology

The summer of 1975 was the summer of "Jaws."

Plants & Animals Jun 18, 2025

From fear to fascination: Decoding the depths and distances traveled by the world's largest fish

I became acquainted with sharks at a very early age.

Plants & Animals Jun 18, 2025

Sharks come in many different shapes and sizes. But they all follow a centuries-old mathematical rule

From hand-sized lantern sharks that glow in the deep sea to bus-sized whale sharks gliding through tropical waters, sharks come in all shapes and sizes.

Plants & Animals Jun 18, 2025

Size matters: Sharks follow two-thirds scaling law, proving theory

A new study has used cutting-edge 3D modeling to confirm that sharks follow the "two-thirds scaling law" almost perfectly, with the discovery set to help reshape how we understand biology across the animal kingdom.

Plants & Animals Jun 16, 2025

Juvenile great hammerhead sharks rely on South Florida's Biscayne Bay, study shows

An eight-year study highlights Biscayne Bay as a vital nursery and seasonal refuge for great hammerhead sharks, underscoring its importance across life stages and for long-term shark conservation.

Plants & Animals Jun 5, 2025

Cape Cod shark detections: Where are the top hotspots for white sharks?

As white sharks return to the Cape, researchers are helping the public chomp on shark hotspot data from last summer and fall.

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