The waters that surround the islands that comprise Hawaii are home to more than 40 unique species of shark, and one snorkeler ...

Sharks as a species are still going strong, though, and they remain one of the oldest creatures on earth! Unfortunately, ...

With over 500 species of sharks inhabiting the oceans of the world, it’s natural to wonder which ones are relatively docile ...

Despite this promising find, challenges remain, highlighting the need for continued research and monitoring to ensure their ...

I write about the world of biology. Numerous shark species are capable of inflicting mortal harm on humans. Here are ten species that ... [+] researchers know for sure have killed at least one ...

(CN) – An international team of marine scientists has discovered not just one but two new species of the rarely seen six-gilled sawshark in the West Indian Ocean. The newly discovered sharks go by the ...

For 16 years, Jim Gelsleichter and his students surveyed the waters in southeastern Georgia and northeastern Florida to learn more about the sharks, rays and other related species in the region.

One million species globally are at risk of extinction in the next few decades, including 27 percent of the world’s mammals, 41 percent of amphibians, 37 percent of sharks and rays, and 21 percent of ...

In Hawaii, the species goes unidentified in about 40 percent of incidents. “There’s a lot we don’t understand about shark bite incidents,” Meyer said in a taped statement released Friday.

Two shark species, including the endangered soupfin shark, have been confirmed in Puget Sound, marking notable ecological shifts. Researchers at Oregon State University have made the first scientific ...

Blue sharks were among 54 species of requiem sharks that moved to Appendix II listing at the conference in Panama of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and ...

Similar to a game of Clue, researchers at Oregon State University are trying to uncover the culprit behind the death of an endangered shark.