Anglers will help scientists investigate the porbeagle, tope and blue shark to boost knowledge and conservation ...

University of Georgia researchers tested whether shark age could be read from DNA methylation, small chemical tags that do not change DNA’s letters but can affect how cells use genes. Together, these ...

Researchers identified Hemiscyllium dudgeonae, a new walking shark species in Papua New Guinea with a tiny range and ...

In the cold, dark waters of the far North swims a shark so slow and so long-lived that individuals alive today may have been born before some of the world’s oldest nations existed. Scientific dating ...

Conservation group ReShark is attempting to “restore balance to the ocean” with what it describes as the world’s first shark rewilding program.

Such an effort has never been undertaken before, and rewilding is typically reserved for mammals and other terrestrial species ...

Popular culture portrays sharks as silent, solitary predators, but a new study suggests they have a much richer social life than previously thought. The research, published in the journal Animal ...

Source: Graham Casden/with permission. Sharks are fascinating animals with a range of personalities. They suffer from numerous misleading stereotypes and myths and instill fear in many people who so ...

Social media influencers seeking dramatic shark photos and viral underwater videos are drawing concern from marine scientists ...