For starters are they whales, or sharks? These gentle giants are both beautiful and fascinating and we bet you didn't know ...

With snowbird season well underway in Florida, North Atlantic great white sharks are looking to get in on the action. The ...

Where are they? Ocearch trackers show great white sharks on their way to Florida, Gulf of Mexico in search of warmer waters, ...

“The heaviest great hammerhead shark ever recorded weighed a whopping 1280 pounds.” The longest great hammerhead shark ...

The longest great hammerhead shark measured at 20 feet, and the heaviest weighed a whopping 1280 pounds! Great hammerhead sharks prefer shallow waters and are usually found up to 262 feet deep.

Anglerfish have invisible fangs, narwhal tusks are extra-long canines, and more facts from the weird and wonderful study of ...

The naumachiae seem mostly to have been recreations of famous historical engagements – in the movie, it's the Battle of ...

John Long is a palaeontologist who has studied in depth the 450-million-year history of sharks. When Professor Long joined ABC Conversations he schooled Richard Fidler on some impressive facts ...

Despite their size, whale sharks pose no threat to humans, as they feed by filtering plankton and small fish from the water. Despite their size, whale sharks swim at a leisurely pace of around 3 ...

A new light system developed by Australian scientists to mimic ocean camouflage may deter Great White Shark attacks, a new ...

A mother typically gives birth to 2-10 baby sharks, called pups, but she doesn’t take care of them and might even try to eat them. Great whites can smell seals from two miles away and can detect one ...

Tracking data from megamouth sharks suggests these elusive giants are more closely tied to specific ... [+] regions and depth zones than previously known. Since the unexpected discovery of a ...