The average whale shark measures about 30 feet long, with a mouth stretching nearly 5-feet across. The largest whale sharks ...

Although sharks aren’t the mindless man-eaters they are sometimes made out to be, experts know that staying safe involves ...

Megalodon teeth are the largest of all shark species. With teeth that can measure up to the size of a human hand, it is easy ...

A shark expert, whose own curiosity about these fascinating fish was sparked by the movie "Jaws," explains some of their ...

As the Fourth of July holiday approaches and families are planning beach time, some people on Long Island have lingering ...

Instead of being triangular, the dorsal fin of Stethacanthus is wide and flat at the top, like an anvil, and covered in tooth-like scales. It looks almost like someone stuck a pop socket to its back.

A woman injured this week in waters off Jones Beach State Park was likely bitten by a shark, authorities said, in one of the ...

The transcriptome (or sum total of the messenger RNA) of the white shark showed greater similarity to the human transcriptome ...

Sharks don’t exactly have the best reputation. Decades of fear-driven stories and films have made sure of that. But if you actually study them– what they do, how they survive– it becomes clear they’re ...

Georgia’s coastline offers a surprising window into the prehistoric past, where fossilized shark teeth—ranging from tiny ...