Sharktober is real in Hawaii — and it's down to the reproductive pattern of predatory tiger sharks, an analysis of 30 years ...

Artificial light from major coastal cities can disrupt the nighttime biology of sharks, according to new research that provides the first-ever measurements of melatonin—a hormone tied to biological ...

Quite an advantage in today’s world.

A great white shark is a masterwork of evolutionary engineering. These beautiful predators glide effortlessly through the ...

For decades, sharks have been the unintended victims of longline fisheries aimed at tuna and swordfish. Rising accidental ...

Meet Deep Blue, the largest confirmed great white shark ever recorded. Tracked across oceans and still alive past 50, her story reveals how science reshapes shark myths and conservation.

Shark teeth are also disposable – they are constantly replaced throughout their lives, like a conveyor belt pushing a new ...

Quick Take Large-body sharks in the Lamniformes family appeared 15 million years earlier than science previously claimed.

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 ...

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 ...

A viral social media post has highlighted the Greenland shark, a species scientifically estimated to live for centuries, with ...

The truth is actually weirder: it goes back specifically to 1916 – and, legend has it, nearly cost Woodrow Wilson his presidency. And, in New Jersey, sharks were on the attack. “SHARK KILLS BATHER OFF ...