However, their large size, agility, and sharp teeth mean that they could potentially pose a threat if provoked or if they mistake a human for prey. Instances of blue sharks causing harm to humans ...

"The sheer size of her was awe-inspiring," she tells ... Despite all her experience with sharks, Deep Blue was different. "It was apparent that this was something just much more magical and ...

Like the blue shark, it also had extra-long pectoral fins to support its weight and size. 'A lot of reconstructions have megalodon ... No. It's definitely not alive in the deep oceans, despite what ...

The heaviest great hammerhead shark ever recorded weighed a whopping 1280 pounds.” The great hammerhead shark is found in a ...

This story appears in the August 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Zane Grey made his name writing adventure novels about the American West, but his real love wasn’t gunslinging or ...

From swordfish to yellowfins, these four US fisheries each offer unique structure that plays a critical role in targeting the ...

Laurent Ballesta and his team built a semicircular rig of 32 synchronized cameras to capture this “bullet time” video sequence of sharks descending ... in an area the size of two to three ...

Megalodon sharks ... massive size and ferociousness, the megalodon was the apex predator of the ocean millions of years ago ...

The angel shark does not want to be found ... it was so plentiful in Europe’s seas that the crystal-blue water off Nice in the French Riviera is named Baie des Anges, or the Bay of Angels.

New research shows endangered sperm whales are spending more time off the coast of Central California than previously thought ...

We hastily shuffle off the marlin board and dive into the deep blue waters of Ningaloo Reef ... It’s quiet and calm as we drift at the surface, then, out of the blue, the unmistakable silhouette of a ...