Caitlin Bailey, a senior majoring in marine science at the University of Delaware, holds the jaw of a sand tiger shark. This shark species, which is federally protected in U.S. Atlantic waters, has an ...

A woman injured this week in waters off Jones Beach State Park was likely bitten by a shark, authorities said, in one of the first reported encounters of the Long Island beach season.

A woman is recovering after officials say she was likely bitten and injured by a young sand tiger shark during a summertime ...

Sand tiger sharks take part in complex migrations, often associated with seasonal and reproductive events, cyclically returning to the same breeding sites each time.

A juvenile sand tiger shark, a protected species in the region, was found with three stab wounds over the weekend and likely died.

A unique feature of sand tiger shark reproduction is that the largest embryo in the shark’s uterus will kill and eat eggs or smaller siblings before it is born.

New York State Parks officials say the woman was waist-deep in the surf at the Central Mall beachfront on Wednesday afternoon ...

Embryos of other sharks survive by feeding on their smaller siblings. This is called intrauterine cannibalism or sometimes as embryophagy, meaning ‘embryo eating’. We see this in sand tiger sharks, ...

The sand tiger sharks join several other species including the black tip reef sharks and beloved shark rays, Sweet Pea, Sunshine and Scooter. The aquarium is asking for the public's help in ...

Two views of a sand tiger shark embryo in September 1970 that show damage by an intrauterine attack by one of its siblings. NOAA/Reproduction and Embryonic Development of The Sand Tiger Shark ...

Two views of a sand tiger shark embryo in September 1970 that show damage by an intrauterine attack by one of its siblings.