It’s a hard life, being a shark. You’re already fighting off extinction at all hours; you’re working against a 50-year-old bad rap that’s left millions of people convinced you’re a soulless ocean ...

New research shows that losing threatened requiem shark species could erase millions of years of tooth evolution and squeeze the genus Carcharhinus into a narrower ecological role. So, what happens to ...

A new classification of white shark injuries is helping scientists understand the behavior and biology of this top ocean predator. Over the years, underwater cameras and advances in photography have ...

Over 800 marine species were newly discovered after two years of collaborative efforts by scientists, governments, museums and others participating in the Ocean Census, a global alliance founded to ...

Whether a species has just freshly emerged, or it has been around for millions of years does not dictate its vulnerability.

The Neolithic inhabitants of the South Pacific feasted on large, fast-moving marine predators, including multiple species of shark and tuna. By identifying the remains of these ancient meals at a ...

A rare shark species thought to be wiped out due to overfishing has been spotted for the first time after over five decades in Papua New Guinea, shedding more light on the region’s rich biodiversity.