After a series of shark encounters off the Carolinas in 2015, two scientists went on a mission. Dr. Greg Skomal and National Weather Service meteorologist Joe Merchant demonstrated firsthand how they ...

Sharktober is real in Hawaii — and it's down to the reproductive pattern of predatory tiger sharks, an analysis of 30 years of data reveals. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

After a shark attack injured one of their own nearly three years ago, members of the Kelp Krawlers — who swim weekly around Lovers Point in Monterey County — began searching for something that might ...

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Natasha D. Marosi among bull sharks. (Mike Neumann via SWNS) By Stephen Beech Sharks have "friends" who they prefer to socialize with, reveals new research. The apex predators of the ocean are often ...

A painted reconstruction of a bluntnose six-gill shark (or cow shark) scavenging on a tiny extinct right whale carcass during the Early Pliocene of the southern North Sea. A pod of an extinct whale ...

Each winter, thousands of blacktip sharks crowd South Florida’s clear, shallow shoreline—just as beach nourishment projects churn the water into murky plumes. In one of the most detailed studies to ...

A rare encounter with a southern sleeper shark in the deep, chilly waters of Antarctica’s Southern Ocean has scientists reimagining what fauna might live in such a harsh, extreme environment. Footage ...

A large great white shark tagged by OCEARCH on National Science Day pinged repeatedly off the Southwest Florida coast Sunday and Monday. Dold, an 11-foot, 2-inch, 761-pound male shark tagged by ...

Each winter, thousands of blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) migrate to the clear, shallow waters off South Florida, ...