(via PBS Eons) Long before the rise of the great whites and hammerheads we know today, sharks and their cartilaginous relatives ruled Earth’s oceans and rivers in astonishing variety. It was the ...

After multiple dusky sharks killed a swimmer off Israel’s coast this year, scientists investigated what might have triggered the attack in hopes of preventing similar incidents A dusky shark swims in ...

When a vulcanized rubber disc hits a sheet of ice, sometimes there's just no telling where it will end up. Take the San Jose Sharks first goal against the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday. No one saw it ...

Previous research has suggested that Greenland sharks had impaired vision, so Fogg wasn’t expecting to discover anything ...

Greenland sharks are a biological anomaly. The animals can grow to more than 20 feet long, weigh more than a ton and can live for nearly 400 years, making the species the longest-living vertebrate on ...

Malpelo Island is a protected marine sanctuary off the coast of Colombia. It is well known for its multitude of sharks, it has appeared to become a prime destination for shark week episodes.

Despite multiple mass extinctions, the frilled shark has managed to thrive for 100 million years. Today, it remains one of evolution’s most haunting survivors. Long before forests reshaped Earth’s ...