Shark Week team discovers unusual ‘black makos’ off California coast
Weird makos filmed off the California coast in a new Shark Week show raise questions about what these sharks actually are. In 2019, shark tagger Keith Poe was working off…
This shark can change color — thanks to hidden nano mirrors in its skin
New research into the anatomy of blue sharks (Prionace glauca) reveals a unique nanostructure in their skin that produces their iconic blue coloration, but intriguingly, also suggests a potential capacity…
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Fifty years after Jaws hit theaters, great white sharks remain some of the most iconic fish in the ocean. But despite their notoriety, they’re far from the largest shark species.…
Megalodon: The broad diet of the megatooth shark
Otodus megalodon was the largest predatory fish in Earth’s history: Measuring up to 24 meters, it was longer than a truck with a trailer and weighed almost twice as much.…
Octopus spotted riding on top of world’s fastest shark
Marine researchers in New Zealand recently captured a bizarre and rare sight—an octopus clinging to the head of a shortfin mako shark, the fastest shark in the ocean. An Unlikely…
Enormous Male Great White Shark Tagged and Released off Florida Coast in Stunning New Video
Researchers have tagged a massive great white shark off the East Coast of the U.S., which they say is the largest male they’ve ever studied in the northwest Atlantic. Named…
This shark pup was born in a habitat without any males. How did that happen?
A Louisiana aquarium has a new mystery to unravel after a baby shark was born in a habitat with no males present. The Shreveport Aquarium announced that Yoko, a swell…
Whale Shark Woes: Warmer Oceans Raise Risks of Shipping Collisions
Global warming could increase the threat posed to whale sharks from large ships, according to a new study published in Nature Climate Change. Researchers from the University of Southampton and…
Concerning Decline in Scottish Basking Shark Sightings Sparks Alarm
Decline in Scottish Basking Shark Sightings Reaches 20-Year Low Conservationists report that sightings of basking sharks along Scotland’s west coast have dropped to their lowest level in two decades. These…
Dog and Shark: An Unexpected Friendship
They meet up almost every day. While most dogs socialize with a mix of humans and fellow canines, Lili, a 3-year-old pup living on the French Polynesian atoll of Fakarava,…