For years, scientists thought Greenland sharks were basically blind. These deep-sea creatures live in the freezing dark ...

In a new study led by University of Delaware researchers Aaron Carlisle and Ed Hale, researchers point to concerns in the ...

The most persistent shark myth floating around is that these predators can detect a single drop of blood from several miles away. This frightening tale has terrified swimmers for decades, but science ...

As rainfall intensifies with climate change, waste flushed out to sea could attract more sharks, putting beachgoers at risk ...

They’re more shark than bite. Sharks could soon experience a dental breakdown. These apex predators are at risk of losing their teeth due to the increased acid content in the world’s oceans, according ...

One-third of shark species are at risk of extinction, yet scientists still lack basic data on their habitats, populations, and trends. To solve this, researchers at Virginia Tech, Stanford University, ...

Grace Solevilla-Moreno handling a shark used in one of her recent projects. Many picture a straight line when imagining the path to becoming a marine scientist: bachelor’s, master’s, and then a PhD to ...

Like a weather forecast predicting rain and temperature, experts are figuring out how to issue predictions for sharky waters.

This image released by Discovery shows a scene from Belly of the Beast: Bigger and Bloodier, part of 21 hours of programing celebrating "Shark Week." (Discovery Channel via AP) (Uncredited) JOHNSON ...

The goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) is one of Earth’s rarest and most elusive sharks. It’s also one of the weirdest. With its distinctive, hornlike snout and protrudable jaws, the pink-skinned ...

A young mother remains in hospital after being bitten by a shark at Coogee beach in Sydney on Saturday morning. Leah Stewart, 35, was swimming about 30 metres offshore when the shark – believed to be ...