In the ocean food chain, large sharks generally only have to worry about keeping orcas at bay — but a new study suggests the apex predators may have to watch out for their own. This isn't the first ...

STRICT no-fishing zones could soon be introduced along the NSW coast as part of a last-ditch bid to protect the dwindling numbers of grey nurse sharks. The state's peak environment group has launched ...

In a remarkable scientific study featured in the journal Marine and Fishery Sciences, researchers shed light on extraordinary adaptation of bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) to a surprising habitat: a ...

It seemed like the perfect holiday photo opportunity: Crystal blue waters and a pack of docile nursing sharks lazing on the docks of Staniel Cay in the Bahamas. It seemed like the perfect holiday ...

Michael Heithaus receives funding from the Shark Conservation Fund and the National Science Foundation. With such diversity, it’s no surprise that sharks serve many ecological functions. For example, ...

When we think about sharks, most of us instantly think of the ocean. However, some shark species live in freshwater environments. Some sharks spend their entire lives in freshwater, while others ...

Babies, fighter pilots, nursing mothers and hell-bending West Coast fishermen were all interested, or should have been, in the fact that there was a West Coast boom in shark-liver oil. Shark-liver oil ...