Sharks protect ocean ecosystems and store carbon, making them vital allies in the fight against climate change. Learn why ...

Scientists say the video offers a unique look into shark mating behavior—and might also help with conservation efforts.

A recent survey by scientists at Georgia's Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary used a drop camera to study the animals ...

Scientists have published what is likely the first-ever scientifically recorded birthing migration for the critically endangered scalloped hammerhead shark (sphyrna lewini). The satellite-tagged shark ...

A researcher has recorded three sharks in a “threesome”, or ménage à trois, marking a scientific first. Hugo Lassauce, a marine biologist and a researcher from the University of the Sunshine Coast in ...

Rosie knows the Lighthouse Reef Atoll like the back of her fin. She calls this atoll home and is a matriarch of the thriving population of Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) living there. Her ...

Researchers at Murdoch University in Western Australia have observed pre-mating behaviours in endangered whale sharks at Ningaloo Reef. For the first time, following and biting behaviours were ...

On a sunny May afternoon in 2024, a whale shark (Rhincodon typus) unwittingly allowed researchers a glimpse into the little-known romantic life of this species. Although these sharks are technically ...

Seeing these dead beasts suspended by their tails elicited a "gallows-like" feeling, he recounts, but not fear. Sharks were ...

Two Indo-Pacific Leopard sharks males observed mating with a female at a reef off the coast of Noumea, New Caledonia. Photograph By Hugo Lassauce, Zebra Shark project, New Caledonia, Aquarium des ...

Researchers have witnessed behavior in the wild which could reveal critical clues about how the endangered whale shark reproduces. For the first time researchers have witnessed behaviour in the wild ...