Fossil shark scales from Panama’s Caribbean and Pacific coasts show that the two seas never held the same number of sharks, ...

The return of sharks to Ashmore Reef after marine protection was enforced in 2008 shows how top predators influence not just what they eat, but how other species behave. New research reveals that ...

Carpet sharks range from tiny reef-dwellers that walk on their fins to the largest fish on Earth, and they all belong to the same surprisingly varied order. Meet the bizarre, camouflaged, and ...

Smithsonian team uses dermal denticle fossils to compare Holocene and modern shark populations in the Caribbean and Pacific ...

A Greenland shark was found at a coral reef off the coast of Belize. The shark, known as an "enigma to science," is half-blind and normally lives in the freezing Arctic and North Atlantic oceans.

The infamous predator is crucial in maintaining reefs, according to a new model of the food web sustaining Caribbean reefs SHARKS are vital for the health of coral reefs, a model of the food web in a ...

According to Australian and Canadian scientists, led by the Australian Institute of Science (AIMS), removal of sharks from the temperamental ecosystems causes what’s known as a “cascade effect.” When ...

Most sharks rule the ocean, but one small species has evolved a trick so strange it seems impossible for a fish. What allows ...

Reef sharks are observed less frequently on Caribbean reefs that have high levels of diving activity and greater coastal development, according to new research published in the Journal of Applied ...

Scuba diver underwater making OK hand sign near vibrant coral reef with colorful tropical fish. Underwater adventure, marine life, and diving experience concept.© Sdarter/Shutterstock.com Where there ...

UC Santa Barbara researchers used fossilized shark scales to reveal historic shark populations differed 20-fold between ...