Q: What's a pilot fish? A: There are two answers to that question. One is the Mother Nature version: Pilot fish are small fish that swim just ahead of sharks. When the shark changes direction, so do ...

Sharks have had a tough time since the 1970s, when overfishing, habitat loss and a growing trade in their fins began to cut ...

IT PILOT fish walks into the data center to find the shift supervisor trying to remove one of the 2-foot-square tiles from the raised floor. Supe keeps slapping the tile puller – a pair of suction ...

Editor’s Note: We’ve added a section to this article since publication, based on viewer feedback: Because You Asked: Why Smaller Fish Swim with Sharks MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — In the University of South ...

A Southern California fish spotter on Sunday captured aerial footage showing a 20-foot whale shark swimming lazily on the surface southeast of Santa Catalina Island. “Notice the remoras fall off and ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. At an undisclosed beach at 5:30 p.m. in New Jersey, shark fisherman AJ Rotondella and two clients wait for beachgoers to leave. Once ...

Shark fishermen sling bait — sometimes even blood — to lure the ocean's top predator near the same surf where children splash around like prey and most shark attacks occur. For some, that casts much ...