While many sharks are constantly on the hunt, snacking on every bit of bite-sized prey they can get their mouths around, great hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna mokarran) are more selective. They can go ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Juvenile critically endangered great hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna mokarran) flock to the waters of Biscayne Bay in southern Florida.

A new study from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science finds that juvenile great hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna mokarran), a critically endangered species ...

A group of disc golfers witnessed a baby hammerhead shark fall from the sky while in the middle of a game in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

A group of disc golfers witnessed a baby hammerhead shark fall from the sky while in the middle of a game in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.