Mackerel sharks (order Lamniformes) are a large group consisting of about 22 species in 10 different families. Some well-known mackerel sharks include: Requiem sharks are large, migratory sharks ...

Scalloped hammerhead on the reef. NOVA: Do sharks have to keep swimming to breathe? Gruber: Several species do, including hammerheads and mackerel sharks. Typically, pelagic sharks that never ...

In response to declining small pelagic fish stocks, artisanal fishers along Ghana's Dangme coast have shifted their focus to ...

Florida International University (FIU) scientists have finally identified a new species of hammerhead shark years after first collecting samples, but the shark's official discovery comes as its ...

Though more than 70 shark species are in worse shape than tiger ... He rushed to suit up and then jumped in with a crate of mackerel to begin feeding the shark on the seafloor—in part to occupy ...

Blue sharks were among 54 species of requiem sharks that moved ... The government took the same step with respect to mackerel sharks, which were placed under Appendix II listing in 2019.

I write about the world of biology. Numerous shark species are capable of inflicting mortal harm on humans. Here are ten species that ... [+] researchers know for sure have killed at least one ...

Over one quarter of all known shark species are considered threatened or endangered. Sharks are apex predators in many ecosystems, and their disappearance is causing dangerous imbalances in marine ...

The new species of ghost shark has a beak-like mouth and a whip-like tail (National Institute Of Water and) "Ghost sharks like this one are largely confined to the ocean floor, living in depths of ...

A hammerhead shark species discovered by FIU scientists finally has a name and its namesake is the late Paul G. Allen, ...

Research started more than two decades ago by Demian Chapman, now the director of Mote Marine Laboratory’s Center for Shark Research, led to the discovery of a new species of hammerhead shark ...

A sad sight at a beach in northern Australia appears to highlight the worrying threat fishing can have on some of the country ...