Oceanic whitetip sharks were once one of the most abundant large animals in the open ocean. In Pacific-island lore, these sharks were often seen as ancient messengers of the deep: feared and respected ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fishermen sometimes complain that they munch their catch before they can get it into their boat, and every so often, one might ...

With an uptick in great white shark activity at SoCal beaches, a team from the Cal State Long Beach Shark Lab tags the giant fish with a goal of gleaning insights that can improve ocean safety.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Over the summer, we saw several stories of sharks swimming along the Carolina coast and marine biologists say that's a good thing. For years, shark numbers along the Carolina coast ...

Whale sharka in Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua Indonesia. A whale shark feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) in Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good ...

It is difficult for us to imagine how different bodily characteristics can be between humans and animals. And in many ways, ...

"We've noticed that with ocean warming, sharks are leaving these regions later on in the year because they're very temperature driven," said Maria Manz, the lead author of a new study that tracked the ...