Discovery Channel's annual Shark Week has just begun, but the television screen isn't the only place sharks can be found in Texas. Galveston Bay and the rest of the Texas Coast provide a diverse ...

The Gulf of Mexico is a large basin with around 617,800 square miles of water. The area supports diverse marine life, including many species of sharks. There are around 24 different species of ...

Discovery Channel's Shark Week has started, but for Texans, sharks aren't just on TV. Several species of shark live in Galveston Bay and the Texas coast.

Over three decades in Texas journalism, he has been a music-news columnist, fine-arts correspondent, and sports and outdoor editor, among other positions; a freelancer and staff writer/editor for ...

Blacktip shark Blacktip sharks are common in the Gulf of Mexico and live in temperate and tropical waters around the world. Blacktips and other sharks can replace worn or missing teeth.

The first record of the shark in the Gulf of Mexico was in 1962 when a 14-foot female was caught off the coast of Alabama, according to the study. A 10-foot male bluntnose sixgill shark was caught ...