Animals facing distress due to human action or aggression may react in several ways, for example, by fleeing or retaliating. New research showed that sharks may defend themselves – not unlike ...

The habitat of 30 species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras, also called ghost sharks, overlap with areas where proposed deep-sea mining may occur, according to new research published in Current Biology ...

Marine biologists have documented the first known case of a whale shark surviving and thriving despite a severe spinal deformity. The finding focuses on a 6-meter-long specimen that was first spotted ...

Marine biologists have documented the first known case of a whale shark surviving and thriving despite a severe spinal deformity. The finding focuses on a 6-meter-long specimen that was first spotted ...

A new study shows the Bird’s Head Seascape in West Papua is a crucial nursery for juvenile whale sharks, where most sightings involved young males feeding around fishing platforms. Researchers ...