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.
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.
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.
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 ...
It's been 50 years since Steven Spielberg's movie "Jaws" first cast a terrifying shadow across our screens.
The summer of 1975 was the summer of "Jaws."
I became acquainted with sharks at a very early age.
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.
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.
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.
As white sharks return to the Cape, researchers are helping the public chomp on shark hotspot data from last summer and fall.