Fossil experts say they have gained unprecedented insights into a type of enormous prehistoric shark, after finding complete skeletons of the creatures. The specimens, discovered…
View More ‘An enigma’: scientists finally learn what giant prehistoric shark looked likeTag: Sharks
Climate crisis increasing frequency of deadly ocean upwells, study finds
A climate-disrupted ocean is pushing sharks, rays and other species to flee ever-hotter water in the tropics, only for them to be killed by increasingly…
View More Climate crisis increasing frequency of deadly ocean upwells, study findsBaby shark! Researchers may have captured first image of newborn great white
Researchers in California may have gotten the first ever look at a newborn great white shark, which they captured in drone images taken last summer.…
View More Baby shark! Researchers may have captured first image of newborn great whiteRare 6ft shark washed up then decapitated on Hampshire beach
An appeal has been launched to recover the head of a rare smalltooth sand tiger shark after the fish was washed up on a Hampshire…
View More Rare 6ft shark washed up then decapitated on Hampshire beach‘Extinction crisis’ of sharks and rays to have devastating effect on other species, study finds
Almost two-thirds of sharks and rays that live around the world’s coral reefs are threatened with extinction with potentially dire knock-on effects for ecosystems and…
View More ‘Extinction crisis’ of sharks and rays to have devastating effect on other species, study findsSharks, songbirds and species depleted by pet trade given extra protections
An international wildlife conference has moved to enact some of the most significant protections for sharks, songbirds and scores of turtles, lizards and frogs. The…
View More Sharks, songbirds and species depleted by pet trade given extra protectionsNew gadget could reduce shark bycatch by 90%
Marine scientists have designed a piece of technology that could drastically reduce shark bycatch by emitting short electrical pulses as a deterrent. The small battery-powered…
View More New gadget could reduce shark bycatch by 90%Watch out for the Sharkcano! What happens when an underwater volcano erupts?
Name: Sharkcano. Age: The first recorded eruption of Kavachi, a submarine volcano, was in 1939, but it’s almost certainly been around longer than that. You’d…
View More Watch out for the Sharkcano! What happens when an underwater volcano erupts?Woman escapes shark by punching it on nose off Florida coast
A woman punched a 6ft shark in the face until it let go of her foot, which it bit while she snorkeled off the Dry…
View More Woman escapes shark by punching it on nose off Florida coastThese Maldives islanders once saw sharks as the threat. Now they fear the plastic
“People used to think I was crazy,” says Lonu Ahmed. “Even my mum thought I was insane. Fishermen used to beg me not to dive…
View More These Maldives islanders once saw sharks as the threat. Now they fear the plastic