The fearsome silent hunters of the deep – sharks – aren't usually hued like a traffic cone, but now and again, nature goes ...

The goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) is among the most unusual and least understood predators in the ocean. Deep-dwelling, ...

Hammerhead sharks are able to deep dive to frigid, near-freezing waters to catch rare prey. But scientists have long been confused about how the cold-blooded animals survive such cold waters. A new ...

Scientists have spotted a deep-sea “ghost” white shark with a rare genetic disorder, shedding light on how such abnormalities affect endangered marine species living near the sea floor. The angular ...

A striking deep-sea shark with protruding teeth and large eyes has been caught by a fisherman in Australia, prompting discussion over what species the mysterious animal belongs to. On September 12, ...

There was an era of horror and thriller cinema where animals like alligators and sharks attacking and killing humans had ...

Is this dastardly, alien-looking creature actually a rare, deep-sea shark? You better be-reef it. An Australian fisherman posted a photo of the beast of the deep blue — one described as the “stuff of ...

Scalloped hammerhead sharks hold their breath to keep their bodies warm during deep dives into cold water where they hunt prey such as deep sea squids. This discovery, published today in Science by ...

Celebrate Shark Week by meeting some of the prehistoric sharks prowling the museum’s collection Jack Tamisiea For nearly half a billion years, sharks of all shapes and sizes have ruled the deep, ...

An 11.5-foot, nearly 800-pound great white shark named Ripple is breaking new ground by venturing deep into the Gulf of Mexico. His movements mark some of the first documented tagged white sharks to ...

I love shark movies. I especially love bad shark movies. Those toothy B-movies that cut straight to the bone with bonkers gore and incredulously conceived sharks—ghost sharks and Christmas sharks ...