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a spook-fish with a narrow snout and large pectoral fins
Environment

Boo! New species of ghost shark uncovered in New Zealand

By Laura Baisas

a pregnant porbeagle shark swims under water with two tags. one is on her dorsal fin and the other is on her back
Environment

Who ate the pregnant porbeagle shark?

By Laura Baisas

Port Jackson sharks sleeping on the seafloor at Beagle Marine Park.
Environment

Watch a huge ‘No Boys Allowed’ shark slumber party

By Laura Baisas

Wound care and amputation in a Camponotus maculatus ant.
Science

Ants perform teeny tiny operations to save their injured comrades

By Popular Science Team

Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) breaching ocean in an attack.
Environment

Sharks are testing positive for cocaine

By Andrew Paul

an illustration of a large shark jumping out of the water and eating a winged dinosaur
Animals

When the ocean got hot, the sharks bulked up

By Laura Baisas

Shark Embryos
Environment

Scientists built an artificial shark uterus

By Claudia Geib / Hakai Magazine

Hammerhead shark
Environment

A scientific mission to save the sharks

By Angela Posada-Swafford / Knowable Magazine

a tiger shark swimming in the ocean (left). a small spiky mammal with a pointy nose canned an echidna (right) on land
Environment

Unlucky shark vomits up hedgehog-like animal, shocks scientists

By Laura Baisas

a juvenile shark following an autonomous underwater robot
Environment

Baby sharks stick to the shallows

By Laura Baisas

Close up of shark head
Technology

Shark skin and owl feathers could inspire quieter underwater sonar

By Andrew Paul

An orca whale hunts a great white shark. Blood is seen near the orca's mouth.
Environment

Orca observed hunting and killing a great white shark by itself for the first time

By Laura Baisas

An illustration of an ancient shark called Glikmanius careforum swimming. It was about 10 to 12 feet long and had a powerful bite.
Science

Three new ancient shark species discovered in Alabama and Kentucky

By Laura Baisas

‘Jaws’ portrayed sharks as monsters 50 years ago, but it also inspired a generation of shark scientists
Environment

‘Jaws’ portrayed sharks as monsters 50 years ago, but it also inspired a generation of shark scientists

By Gavin Naylor/The Conversation

A great white pup swimming in the Pacific Ocean. In July 2023, wildlife filmmaker Carlos Gauna and University of California, Riverside biology doctoral student Phillip Sternes took footage of what could be the first newborn great white shark ever recorded.
Environment

This could be the first newborn great white shark ever captured on camera

By Laura Baisas

A mako shark swimming in the ocean.
Environment

The ‘meg’ may have been longer and less chonky than previously thought

By Laura Baisas

A side view of a great white shark. Regional endothermy in fish has been seen in apex predators like the great white sharks or giant tuna.
Environment

Megalodon’s warm-blooded relatives are still circling the oceans today

By Laura Baisas

An illustration of a newly discovered shark species called Strigilodus tollesonae. The shark looks somewhat like a stingray, with outstretched wings, fan-like top fins, and a long tail with black spots.
Science

Prehistoric shark called Kentucky home 337 million years ago

By Laura Baisas

South Africa’s Missing sharks have been found
Environment

South Africa’s Missing sharks have been found

By David Shiffman / Hakai Magazine

A manatee swims through blue water, surrounded by a school of fish
Science

Florida’s aquatic animals prepare early for storms like Hurricane Idalia

By Helen Bradshaw