A silky shark with a chunk taken out of its dorsal fin regrew much of its lost appendage, according to photographs taken of the fish nearly a year apart. Research describing the elasmobranch’s ...

A silky shark named Genie traveled from the Galapagos Islands out to the open ocean and back – over 17,000 miles – over the course of a year and a half. This is the longest recorded migration ...

The adult female silky shark, nicknamed "Genie" in honor of late shark ecologist Dr. Eugenie Clark, was tagged with a fin-mount satellite transmitter near Wolf Island to the north of the Galapagos ...

Silky sharks are the second most commonly caught oceanic shark species worldwide, surpassed only by blue sharks. Found in tropical waters across the globe, silky sharks frequently interact with ...

One shark's odyssey across thousands of kilometers of ocean has alerted scientists to the importance of international cooperation regarding marine animal survival. In a recent study, the adult ...

Ever since then, people have been photoshopping the shark into their pictures to fake scary scenes. Like many photographs that capture our attention, Peschak's original shot of the shark resulted ...

The silky shark aggregation in June was a first-of-its-kind sighting for the Alcatrazes Archipelago Wildlife Refuge and “reinforces the importance of the Refuge in protecting different stages of ...

The delicate harmony of healthy ecosystems is inextricably linked to healthy shark populations. So, what happens when they vanish? Named for their smooth skin texture, silky sharks have a distinct ...

In addition to the silky shark, scientists observed scalloped hammerhead sharks, reef fish such as damselfish and cardinalfish, and zooplankton. Scientists believe the only explanation is the ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about shark migration, why woodpeckers are "metalheads," and how the brain interprets the word "not." It's time now for our ...

By Tim Balk A Canadian tourist trying to photograph a shark in shallow water at a beach ... to engage with the animal” in an effort to take pictures of it before she was bitten on Feb. 7 ...