MIAMI (CBSMiami) – What does a Gray reef shark do when it's tired of swimming? It goes surfing. According to Florida International University marine scientist Yannis Papastamatiou, they're not seeking ...

Sharks hold a special place in the hearts and minds of many people and, more importantly, they keep marine ecological systems healthy by keeping fish populations in check. But one type of shark found ...

This eight--foot-long, 300-pound shark is quite rare in the main Hawaiian Islands, but there are a pair of them that live in Hanalei Bay. They are more common around the islands of Ni‘ihau and ...

Source: NOAA Photo Library, via Wikimedia Commons. At the southern end of Fakarava Atoll, a reserve in French Polynesia, is a narrow channel connecting the lagoon to the ocean. It is the hunting ...

The Aquarium of the Pacific welcomed the grey reef shark to its Molina Animal Care Center Thursday, Nov. 15. During the unveiling, experts provided background on the reef shark and gave spectators a ...

Predators in perpetual motion, sleepless in our seas. If that’s your image of sharks, you are not alone. And for good reason: we once believes that sharks must keep swimming to breathe. Since then, ...

Two male gray reef sharks were recently born at Maui Ocean Center; they currently reside in the Nursery Bay exhibit. -- Maui Ocean Center photo Exhibit curator, diver and aquarist, the Maui Ocean ...

In the past decade, ocean refuges have been multiplying faster than research can keep up. Under President Barack Obama, the area of U.S. waters considered “strongly protected”—meaning commercial ...

We can’t quite say sharks can be friends, but new evidence is showing us that sharks form social bonds with others and can work together — to a degree. Gray reef sharks regularly meet up together in ...