A mysterious underwater noise recorded in 1997, the “Bloop,” fuelled years of speculation about megalodon and other undiscovered giants. But NOAA’s long-running investigation eventually traced the ...

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Orcas in the Gulf of California have been hunting juvenile great white sharks using a clever tactic: flipping them upside down to render them immobile. The discovery suggests there may be a previously ...

Webster the shark is paying the Grand Strand a visit. The Great White shark was tracked off the coast of Myrtle Beach on Friday. Webster, a 1,008 pound adult male measuring more than 12 feet long, ...

The discovery of a satellite tag from a subadult female white shark in Indonesia marks the first recorded connectivity of white shark movement between South Africa and Southeast Asia. The white sharks ...

Australian shark experts have tested four bite-resistant materials to assess their ability to reduce injuries and blood loss. While internal and crushing injuries may still occur, bite-resistant ...

Drone observations show a previously unknown behavior in white sharks in which they rotate their first dorsal fin toward an object, possibly to investigate it, researchers said. Carlos Guana Journal ...

Joel Gayford receives funding from the Northcote Trust. When you picture a shark, you probably think of a large, powerful predator cruising the open ocean. Species such as the great white shark, tiger ...

The large triangular teeth of modern great white sharks are known for their boldly serrated cutting edges which allow them to cut their prey into bite-sized pieces. But 15 million years ago an ...

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