Thresher shark strandings increase during fall as the marine animals struggle to navigate Cape Cod waters while migrating ...

The thresher shark, a marvel of natural engineering, utilizes its exceptionally long tail as a powerful weapon, stunning prey with rapid, whip-like strikes. This unique adaptation, enabled by ...

Thresher sharks can use their lengthy tail fins to swat sardines from shoals, researchers have found by taking underwater footage. Such tactical use of the tail fin during hunting — which was ...

Off Alor Island in the vast Indonesian archipelago, researchers and conservationists are using tagging technology to track endangered pelagic thresher sharks (Alopias pelagicus), many of which are ...

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BLAM! Thresher sharks strike to kill with their scythe-like tails, as seen in new video footage. A thresher shark strikes. (Credit: Klemens Gann/The Thresher Shark Research and Conservation Project) ...