A shark bite and 23 shark sightings have triggered beach closures across the East Coast this summer, and increased ...

They can stay out of the water briefly while crossing exposed reefs.

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

Older than dinosaurs and trees, sharks have endured a lot throughout their 450 million years on Earth. They’ve even survived five mass extinctions, including the asteroid that wiped out 75% of life on ...

With a bulging head that looks like it swallowed a gavel, there's no mistaking the animal: It’s a hammerhead shark. Across the globe, there are more than nine hammerhead species, many of which are ...

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

Madagascar and Zanzibar are implementing broad new safeguards for sharks and rays, extending a years-long conservation trend in East Africa, the countries announced in a news release. The Wildlife ...

Over a third of shark, ray, and chimaera species are threatened with extinction, with overfishing driving declines. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are one of our best conservation tools, but many in ...

(GERMANY OUT) Oceanic Whitetip Shark, Carcharhinus longimanus, Brother Islands, Red Sea, Egypt (Photo by Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild via Getty Images) In a significant leap forward for marine ...

Brazilian authorities must take a science-based approach to shark conservation, with experts warning extreme reactions to bite incidents and population growth will undermine the recovery of the fish.

Dearne Valley Divers are heading north to examine why tope sharks gather off the Inner Hebrides.

Sharks kill a handful of people each year, yet the ocean's most feared predators face threats so severe that the real danger ...