Sharks are formidable fish, having survived multiple mass extinction over hundreds of millions of years. But how much do you ...

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 ...

Just in time for summer, the megalodon—the ancient, city bus-sized shark known as the “Megatooth”—has reared its ravenous snout. While the oceans are now safe from the Megatooth, which went extinct an ...

Sharks mature slowly, have slow reproductive rates, and produce few offspring—all of which makes them extremely vulnerable to extinction. Over one quarter of all known shark species are considered ...

Modern-day chimaeras are much less diverse and typically live in the deep ocean ... Fossil teeth show that the asteroid strike at the end of the Cretaceous killed off many of the largest species of ...

The Greens have unveiled a $60m plan to pull up “lethal” shark nets and drumlines they say are falsely protecting Queensland ...

This summer, we’ll look at three shark species with notorious reputations: tiger sharks, great whites and oceanic whitetips. We’ll meet scientists who are shedding new light on these enigmatic ...

One of only three filter-feeding shark species, basking sharks eat tiny organisms called zooplankton. Swimming with their three-foot-wide mouths agape allows them to take in water and filter out ...

Megalodons “were faster than any shark alive today and big enough to ... Warm-bloodedness is rare in sharks, with just five out of 500 modern species boasting “regionally endothermic ...