The name "carpet" comes from their appearance; many (but not all) carpet sharks have markings reminiscent of a fancy rug. Carpet shark species include: Some people think of the hammerhead shark as ...

Sharks as a species are still going strong ... Another small shark, the Stethacanthus grew to just 3 feet (1 meter) long. Its ...

TALLAHASSEE - Florida officials have added oceanic whitetip sharks to the list of shark species prohibited from being ...

Why are sharks coming to Boston Harbor? Researchers believe it’s a nursery ground: ‘A really cool success story’ ...

François Sarano’s In the Name of Sharks uses powerful ... a quarter of all shark and ray species are listed as threatened or endangered. This book delivers more than a simple message about sharks and ...

And get this: Soda machines killed more people last year than sharks did. People get angry at the machines when they steal the $0.75 the person honestly inserts for a cool, refreshing soda.

‘Sharks have been around for 420 million years,’ explains Emma Bernard, our Fossil Fish Curator. ‘In that time, there have been as many as 5,000 different species ... those of the extinct megalodon, ...

Its regulations, including those listed below, attempt to curtail the killing of sharks, estimated at tens ... “That’d be such a cool name to have.” The reporting and photography on this ...

Scientists have uncovered a secret hideout for great white sharks, sometimes known as white sharks, traveling the ocean by ...

This summer, we’ll look at three shark species with notorious ... body that give the tiger shark its name. The stripes will fade as the shark ages. Tiger sharks and sea turtles have a long ...

Found in the mid-Pacific, the Indo-Pacific, and the Atlantic Ocean off of West Africa, the crowned jelly—as it's sometimes also called—is an oceanic species that can grow relatively large ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced the decision on Tuesday, aligning the state’s regulations ...