Just hours after attaching a tracking device to a rare basking shark off Ireland’s coast in April, scientists recorded what they believe to be the first video ...

In October 2023, the mangled remains of a massive white shark washed ashore in southeastern Australia. The 15-foot carcass was covered in bite wounds and stripped of its internal organs, leaving ...

This Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, the Whale Museum is hosting a virtual workshop on sharks and killer whales. “Love Bites: ...

IWDG hosts workshop in Killarney to discuss a code of conduct for marine wildlife tour operators in Cork and Kerry.

The Shreveport Aquarium in Louisiana kicked off 2025 with a mysterious birth. A swell shark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum) pup hatched at the facility on January 3, yet the two female sharks present ...

E. Perceval Wright's interesting article on the basking shark, Selache maxima (NATURE, vol. xiv. p. 313), which I read with much pleasure, and on which I would beg to offer a few observations ...

Editor’s note: This post looks back to 2012, when the accompanying image was captured on a Mexican beach, at a time when it was not widely known that adult great white sharks inhabited the Sea ...

Sharks have long been cast as the villains of the ocean. From terrifying headlines to Hollywood blockbusters like Jaws, they’ve been painted as merciless predators lurking in the depths, waiting to ...

“Kauri dieback is a natural disaster. I’m no biologist, but I can confidently say a whale-song mix-tape isn’t going to stop it. Nor are pagan potions made from whale-oil on the ...

Whale sharks are drawn to natural underwater features such as seamounts and canyons as well as ... [+] artificial features like offshore oil and gas platforms, with both acting as migratory ...

Whale sharks use both natural underwater features and artificial structures like oil and gas infrastructure as “stepping stones” on their migration, a study has found. The study — undertaken by ...

Different sharks use different strategies to eat. Like many actual whales, the whale shark filter-feeds, straining teeny plankton from up to 400,000 gallons (1.5 million liters) of filtered water ...