Thankfully for surfers and ocean swimmers, the megalodon shark went extinct around three million years ago. Much of what we do know about this fearsome creature comes from studies of its massive teeth ...

Nemesis, the great hammerhead shark known to divers and scientists for her annual winter visits to Bimini, has always been a model shark. Now she’s a supermodel. Earlier this year, multiple cameras ...

As every Jaws fan knows, sharks can smell a drop of blood from up to a kilometer away, but how are their noses so sensitive? Researchers in the UK are using the latest technology to find out how these ...

AMHERST, Mass. – Ground-breaking 3D interactive shark imagery created by a University of Massachusetts Amherst biology professor is powering a new World of Sharks website launched by the Save Our Seas ...

At first glance, a shark's skin may seem smooth and sleek. Upon closer inspection however, shark skin has tiny scales called denticles that can help it swim faster in the water. An adult shark has ...

Any filmmaker tasked with creating realistic marine predators has to measure up to a larger-than-life specter lurking just beneath the waves: Steven Spielberg's iconic animatronic shark, Jaws. Walt ...

Researchers used 3D printing and computed tomography (CT) imaging to get a better understanding of a prehistoric shark and its unusual jaw, in a study published on November 17 in Communications ...

If you described a shark as a toothy torpedo covered in sandpaper, you wouldn’t be too far off the mark. It’s that rough sandpapery skin that gives sharks their highly efficient swimming abilities, ...