Sleeper sharks live extraordinarily long lives and can thrive in near-freezing ocean temperatures near Earth's poles.

The Indo-Pacific leopard shark is an endangered species. Discover how one group is helping to rebuild the population.

Scientists have captured footage of a sleeper shark farther south than ever before, suggesting Antarctica’s Southern Ocean is ...

Many researchers thought the two-month absence was caused by the predation of a white shark by a group of orcas. Now a new study suggests there may be other reasons for their disappearance.

For the second year in a row, New Jersey had no shark bites off its coast. Swimmers elsewhere were not so lucky.

Artificial light at night (ALAN) has a negative impact on shark melatonin levels, according to a recent study from the University of Miami.

Multiple animals were on the agenda at the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES, a meeting that occurred in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The purpose of this meeting was for governments to ...

A newly examined prehistoric shark from the age of dinosaurs provides surprising insights into the early evolution of modern sharks. It cannot be confidently assigned to any shark order that exists ...

Source: Graham Casden/with permission. Sharks are fascinating animals with a range of personalities. They suffer from numerous misleading stereotypes and myths and instill fear in many people who so ...

The Aeolus in North Carolina combines two things that sound scary to many people: a shipwreck and sharks with needle-like teeth. This vessel was an attack cargo ship for the US Navy in the 1940s ...

A global study finds that everyday boat traffic can disrupt ocean animals like whales, sharks, and sea turtles - even without collisions.