A Pelagic thresher shark (Alopias pelagicus) cruising the Monad Shoal seamount near Malapascua Island, Philippines. These pelagic deep water sharks come up to the seamount's shallower part to get ...

Off Alor Island in the vast Indonesian archipelago, researchers and conservationists are using tagging technology to track endangered pelagic thresher sharks (Alopias pelagicus), many of which are ...

“We were fishing southeast of Newport in sight of land and picking up some nice cod, fluke and sea bass in about 90 feet of water,” said Greg Vespe, executive director of the Rhode Island Saltwater ...

Like Indiana Jones, thresher sharks have mastered the art of the whip using their tails. Now, new research provides intricate details showing that vertebrae anatomy might support the mechanics of ...

A three-quarter view of a micro-CT scanned vertebral column segment and a single micro-CT scanned vertebra of a common thresher shark. In the thresher column, the frontmost vertebra is a transverse ...

The sharks are here. The water temperature in the Gulf of Maine is well below average for this time of year, which should not surprise anyone considering how cold the air temperature has been. This ...

In the boundless blue of the open ocean, few creatures command both beauty and power quite like the thresher shark. With a tail stretching almost as long as its body, this enigmatic predator turns ...

The thresher shark, a marvel of natural engineering, utilizes its exceptionally long tail as a powerful weapon, stunning prey with rapid, whip-like strikes. This unique adaptation, enabled by ...

A vulnerable thresher shark got stuck Monday afternoon on Rockaway Beach — until a fearless beachgoer was able to drag the struggling fish back to the safety of its home in the deep. The shark washed ...

“We were fishing southeast of Newport in sight of land and picking up some nice cod, fluke and sea bass in about 90 feet of water,” said Greg Vespe, executive director of the Rhode Island Saltwater ...

“When the shark surfaced, its tail slapped the water into a froth a few times,” said Greg Vespe, former Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association executive director, who is in awe of thresher sharks.