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A drop of seawater may be the key to finding and saving the world’s most elusive hammerhead sharks. A Florida International University (FIU) scientist has developed a powerful new test that can ...

Divers on a shallow checkout dive in the Galapagos Islands were surprised to see two large and curious hammerhead sharks show up. As the divers rested on the sand and watched the fish and the sea ...

A hydrofoil surfer glided over a hammerhead shark off the coast of Oahu. Matthew Reynolds caught the stunning moment on camera, including his own shock at the close call. “I was tow surf foiling on a ...

Contender, the largest male great white shark that OCEARCH has ever tagged, pinged off Sebastian at 10:35 a.m. Jan. 19 and off Vero Beach at 11:30 a.m. Jan. 16. He weighs about 1,653 pounds and ...

Sharks are ectotherms and their internal body temperatures usually reflect the waters they swim in. Holding their breath helps them function in... Hammerhead sharks 'hold their breath' in deeper, ...

A 12-year-old boy who was bitten by a shark in Australia's Sydney Harbor has died of his injuries, his family said on Saturday. The parents of 12-year-old Nico Antic said their son died of the ...

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A new study from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science shows that juvenile Atlantic nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum) grow more rapidly as juveniles ...

Dozens of beaches along Australia's east coast, including in Sydney, closed on Tuesday, Jan. 20 after four shark attacks in two days, as heavy rains left waters murky and more likely to attract the ...

CALGARY — Ryan Warsofsky was right to be angry at the officials, but he should be angrier at his team. The Sharks, in desperate need of points to stay in the playoff hunt, did not put out a desperate ...