The diet of a great hammerhead is high-risk, high-reward. Hunting sharks is more difficult and more dangerous than hunting ...

In times of scarcity, one blacktip shark could even keep a hammerhead going for up to two months. Comparatively, the same ...

Summer on New England’s North Atlantic coast conjures salty breezes, striped umbrellas, and ice cream stands, all set against a backdrop of crashing waves. Coastal communities from Cape Cod to ...

Warming waters could mean hammerhead sharks are just the first of many new shark species showing up off Cape Cod.

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Warming waters could mean hammerhead sharks are just the first of many new shark species showing up off Cape Cod.

A total of 425 stomachs of night shark (Carcharhinus signatus), and 98 stomachs of scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini), from longline and surface gillneters near seamounts off northeastern ...

Image by Openverse. Several hammerhead species, particularly the scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini), demonstrate fascinating migratory behaviors that distinguish them from many other sharks. Unlike ...

The great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran), scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini), and smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena) all utilize this reproductive strategy. Female hammerheads can carry litters ...

All Sphyrna species occurring along the Brazilian coast are threatened with extinction, largely due to intense harvesting to supply the shark fin and meat trade. This scenario is worsened by the high ...