The oceans are home to some of the most bizarre and mysterious creatures on Earth, and sharks are no exception. While many people are familiar with the great white shark or hammerhead, the deep seas ...

Great hammerhead sharks are slow to grow and slow to reproduce, which makes them very vulnerable to overfishing — worldwide populations have shrunk and genetic diversity is dangerously low.

Humans have driven sharks and their cousins to the brink of extinction. The health of the entire ocean is at stake.

A 14-foot great white shark, the largest ever recorded by scientists in the Atlantic Ocean, has reappeared after a month-long absence and is headed straight for a tourist hot spot.

The great white shark named Contender was recently pinged off Pamplico Sound in North Carolina's Outer Banks, a popular summer vacation area. This stopover is believed to be for a feeding that ...