From hand-sized lantern sharks that glow in the deep sea to bus-sized whale sharks gliding through tropical waters, sharks come in all shapes and sizes. Despite these differences, they all face the ...

Whale sharks are the largest species of shark. Their gentle manner and massive size make them the gentle giants of the ocean. However, one especially large whale shark has been spotted off the Pacific ...

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) researchers have unpicked some of the mysteries surrounding the biology and life cycle of the rare and elusive sleeper shark. Pacific sleeper ...

Fossils reveal that giant predatory sharks existed 15 million years before megalodon and were already top predators in Cretaceous seas.

The giant extinct shark species known as the megalodon has captured the interest of scientists and the general public alike, even inspiring the 2018 blockbuster film The Meg. The species lived some ...

A newly described fossil from northern Australia reveals an 8 meter mega-shark that hunted in the age of dinosaurs, long ...