The media likes to paint the most gruesome and often deadly opinion of sharks as possible. It just isn’t true. Sharks are not out there; they are just beyond the breakers, waiting for you to step a ...

Where it lives: Western Pacific Ocean, off the coasts of Northern Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia. What it eats: Fish, crabs, squid, cuttlefish, octopus and other sharks. Why it's awesome: The ...

Marine biologists have documented a remarkable hunting strategy employed by killer whales in the southern Gulf of California, in which they harvest whale sharks' organs. Researchers in Mexico have ...

Ross Edgley tried to out-eat a tiger shark by fasting, then eating over 40,000 calories in one day. "Shark vs. Ross Edgley" is part of National Geographic's Sharkfest. Despite eating an enormous ...

This article is part of The State of Science, a series featuring science stories from public radio stations across the United States. This story, by Alan Yu, was originally published by WHYY. At an ...

Sharks and seals are increasingly stealing catches from fishermen in Southern New England waters. The SHARKED Act, awaiting Senate approval, aims to create a task force to study and mitigate this ...

Unprecedented footage of jaguar cichlid being preyed upon was captured after heavy rains caused the overflow of freshwater ...