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 ...

stunning 360-degree footage captures the moment the camera spins around as the shark swallows it. Viewers are offered a mesmerising view of the predator's gills, its razor-sharp teeth and three ...

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

(Ram ventilators like hammerheads and great whites must swim to pass water over their gills.) So the answer is no, emphatically. There are even some sharks with spiracles, holes on the top of ...

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 ...

That is the number one goal, and create distance if you can, but as a last resort, you go for the gills, you go for the eyes. You literally want to shove your thumbs into the shark's eyes.

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 ...

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, ...

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.