A Rhode Island fisherman’s video of an unusual shark led scientists to confirm the first documented young spinner shark in ...

The arrival of a baby swell shark at an aquarium in Louisiana has caused a wave of excitement, after the egg hatched despite ...

Yoko the swell shark was born in a habitat of all-female sharks who hadn't seen a male in years. The aquarium has two ...

According to the aquarium, the shark egg was first spotted eight months ago. The shark hatched a few weeks ago and the team ...

A young shark whose species normally live in southern waters is raising questions for researchers after its discovery off ...

Paramedics rushed to the scene but couldn’t save the teen, who succumbed to life-threatening upper body injuries 15 minutes ...

The fossilized remains belong to Cosmopolitodus hastalis – an extinct mackerel shark closely related to the modern great ...

Shortfin makos are the fastest sharks in the sea, but they're failing to outpace the scale of overfishing that is driving ...

On Jan. 3, a swell shark egg hatched at Shreveport Aquarium in Shreveport, Louisiana. The egg was discovered by aquarium staff in a female shark tank about eight months ago, but it may have remained ...

A shark caught off Charlestown's shore last fall has led researchers to take a deeper look at whether the encounter with the ...

A paper clip-sized chameleon and the whale shark are among the threatened species of animals and plants being monitored by conservationists this year. Fauna & Flora, an international nature ...

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