When water passes through its gills, the spines of the gill rakers separate the plankton from the water. The shark then closes its mouth and pumps water out through its gills. Each year it sheds ...

After several bites, the tiger shark captured the diver’s camera in its mouth. The device kept recording as the fish attempted to swallow the camera getting a close look at its gills and razor ...

The scientists who led the study believe the sharks do so by clamping their gills shut to avoid cold water coming into their bodies, a never-before-seen survival strategy. That means the sharks ...

Love them or hate them, sharks are a vital part of the Earth's ecosystem. Here are some of the places where you may be most likely to encounter one yourself.

and just rake across those gills, odds are really good that the shark will not be interested in you,” explained Dr. McLean.

According to Lawless, synthetic cuttlefish ink compounds could be made and distributed in water to keep sharks away from hazardous places. These include areas with heavy fishing activity or polluted ...

basking sharks eat tiny organisms called zooplankton. Swimming with their three-foot-wide mouths agape allows them to take in water and filter out plankton using gill rakers, special organs that ...

If a shark tries to bite, museum officials say, it’s best to hit it in the eyes, gills and snout and to try to push it away by the snout.

The frilled shark lives deep near the bottom of the ocean, avoiding the attention of the media. It gets its name from the six sets of frilly gills that sit like a collar behind its head.

We know that sharks all over the world, even at the Cove in Seaside, like to take a bite out of the occasional human or surfboard. But cameras? Apparently so. While feeding the sharks in February, ...

“So overall, the survey is looking positive for Caribbean reef sharks.” The 2021 SI and other measures like a 2020 ban on the use of gill nets have driven the reef shark recovery in ...