Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To help kick off National Geographic’s Sharkfest celebration, Chris Hemsworth took a break from being the big-time movie star that ...

After Australian scientists collected data from 300 female eastern gray nurse sharks off the coast of New South Wales, they calculated updated population numbers for the critically endangered shark.

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A fourth endangered sharks has been found washed up dead on beaches in a small coastal town in Australia. This follows ...

The “surprise” birth of a gray nurse shark in Australia is good news for the endangered predator species. Getty Images/iStockphoto Months after endangered gray nurse shark Mary-Lou was seen ...

Pregnant grey nurse sharks (Carcharias taurus) are wandering away from no-take marine protected areas at night, putting the fierce-looking but mild-mannered species at risk of extinction. Not only ...

From snout to tail they can be 10 feet long, silver-gray torpedoes of pure muscle with dorsal fins that slice ominously through placid coastal waters. Their hideously long teeth, which curve inward ...

POLICE will investigate the shooting of two protected grey nurse sharks north of Newcastle. The sharks, both with visible bullet holes in their heads, were found by divers. The two juvenile predators, ...