Scientists have come one step closer to unraveling the age-defying secrets of the world's longest-living vertebrate: the Greenland shark. Understanding the biological mechanisms that facilitate this ...

Sharks are more than just sight and smell - these predators rely on hidden senses to survive and dominate the oceans. From electroreception to pressure detection, sharks possess seven specialized ...

Research has shown that pelagic sharks tend to have longer, narrower fins compared to their benthic relatives, which typically possess shorter, rounded fins. A key to understanding how sharks navigate ...

More than 100 million years ago, scientists say, warming seas and reduced oxygen may have sent some sharks higher into the water column, where they evolved to be fierce and hungry. By Jeanne Timmons ...

A Pelagic thresher shark (Alopias pelagicus) cruising the Monad Shoal seamount near Malapascua Island, Philippines. These pelagic deep water sharks come up to the seamount's shallower part to get ...

A pod of killer whales, Orcinus orca, in the North Pacific. (U.S. National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration) (CN) — One day last summer, two observational vessels encountered a gruesome scene off ...

Australian fossils reveal colossal 8-meter shark that ruled the seas 115 million years ago, proving shark lineages were ...