For decades, sharks have been the unintended victims of longline fisheries aimed at tuna and swordfish. Rising accidental ...

Populations of reef sharks and rays continue to dramatically decline all across the world, largely because of overfishing. To help bring them back, scientists need to understand which sharks and rays ...

Swimmers in Sydney have been urged to stay out of the water after three people were seriously wounded during a spate of shark ...

The spotted sharks have sharply declined in the wild over the past decade due to overfishing and habitat loss After a brief ...

North Carolina waters host at least 14 shark species, varying by region and season. Bull sharks cause most local bites due to size, aggression and fresh water access. Avoid shark encounters by ...

Despite multiple mass extinctions, the frilled shark has managed to thrive for 100 million years. Today, it remains one of evolution’s most haunting survivors.

Deep within Mammoth Cave, the world’s longest cave system, paleontologists have uncovered the remains of a never-before-seen ...

News outlets around the world are reporting on a series of shark attacks along Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) coastline.

An ABC analysis of the national Shark-Incident Database shows that the average number of verified shark bite incidents ...

A species of rarely seen since its discovery in the late 19th century, the goblin shark recently turned up in Spanish waters.

Although human activity (noise and movements) in the water can attract sharks, humans are not a food source for bull sharks. Almost all encounters and negative interactions from these sharks come from ...