Whale sharks can grow to 18m in length, but most that visit Ningaloo are juvenile males in the 3–7m range. Still, a creature ...

The difference between a shark and other fish: Unlike bony fish, sharks, rays, skates, and chimaeras are cartilaginous fish, meaning their skeletons are made of cartilage, not bone. Their skin is ...

swarming and fighting over the fish bits. Then lemon sharks—a little longer and thinner than the reef sharks—appeared here and there, and at last Vin spotted a huge dark silhouette.

Scientists have calculated the water temperature at which tiger sharks are most active and abundant. They say the sharks, which are second only to great whites in attacking people, prefer a balmy 22C.

In the past, people thought the fish were basking in the sun as they cruised near the surface—hence their name. Basking sharks are highly migratory. In spring and summer, they travel to coastal ...

The group includes the more famous animals such as whale sharks and great whites, but also all rays, skates and the little-known chimaeras (also known as ratfish, rabbit fish or ghost sharks). While ...

Daniel Brooks was on a balcony overlooking Floida’s Panama City Beach when he saw the silhouette ... shark attacks by the gulf remains unclear, though police have suggested that ‘bait fish ...

‘We think early sharks developed a cartilaginous skeleton because it better suited their lifestyle,’ explains Emma Bernard, our Fossil Fish Curator. ‘Being light and more flexible than bone, cartilage ...

One obvious problem, though, is that a shark attacking from below will probably only see a dark silhouette no matter ... various ichthyotoxins used by fish species to deter certain shark species ...

Humans are killing sharks at a much faster rate than sharks can repopulate. Sharks mature slowly, have slow reproductive rates, and produce few offspring—all of which makes them extremely vulnerable ...

Further, the population of sharks is also declining," said Wright. Ah, tuna. This fish can be controversial — so Routhenstein ...

Has a shark, seal, dolphin, bird, or other predator snagged your hooked fish while fighting it on the end of your fishing line? Researchers from UMass Amherst want to hear from fishermen about ...