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

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

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

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.

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 ...

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

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

Visit this unique beachside hiking trail in Maryland and find fossilized shark teeth while you swim!

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

These teeth came from a really big shark. They were big, too. The 1½-inch-long shark tooth discovered by the Martinez brothers belonged to a shark that was "probably in the neighborhood of 15 ...

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

"Jaws" is swimming towards a major milestone: its 50th anniversary. Dive into these secrets about the Steven ...