Bull Sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) are beautiful and powerful denizens of the sea. Weighing hundreds of pounds, they must consume at least 3% of their body weight twice weekly. They prefer fish, but ...

While bull sharks are not new visitors to freshwater habitats, their presence is increasing because of this human-related ...

We study this iconic shark species, named for its stout body and matching disposition, along the Gulf of Mexico. Over the past two decades, we have documented a fivefold increase in baby bull ...

We study this iconic shark species, named for its stout body and matching disposition, along the Gulf of Mexico. Over the past two decades, we have documented a fivefold increase in baby bull ...

“This may mean bull shark populations will increase in both the Carolinas and northern Gulf of Mexico.” Juvenile bull sharks are rarely associated with harming humans, but adult bull sharks can be ...

However, conditions have not yet reached that point in the Gulf of Mexico based on their research. "The rise in bull sharks may affect other fish species, including bull shark prey like mullets ...

When the Ohio River finally meets with the Mississippi, it's then still about 1,000 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. In fact, there have only been two semi-confirmed reports of a bull shark making ...

Species like bull sharks and tiger sharks are ... is what most people picture when they hear the word shark. Traditionally, the Gulf of Mexico hasn't been thought of as great white territory.

ALTON — Researchers have confirmed at least two bull shark sightings in the Mississippi ... more than 1,160 river miles from the Gulf of Mexico where they are normally found — according ...

though usually near its outlet into the Gulf of Mexico. But there's one extraordinary find of a bull shark on the Mississippi from 1937 in Alton, Illinois, north of St. Louis — less than 250 ...

A baby bull shark seen swimming in a lake at Lakes Park on Sunday. Experts believe Helene is to blame for the outlandish sight. Floodwaters may have pushed the shark out of the Gulf of Mexico and ...

The same bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas ... behavior at the Pelagic Protection and Conservation Civil Association in Mexico, including their interactions with sharks and rays.