A great white shark was recently spotted off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina last weekend. But experts say sharks pose little threat to humans.

The great hammerhead shark is found in a variety of water depths such as shallow lagoons and coral reefs, and in deeper waters up to 984 feet. These sharks frequent coastal and tropical waters, as ...

Scalloped Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna leweni) One of the larger of the species, ... They have slender bodies, and their color differs from gray to brown, with a tall dorsal fin.

That has a profound effect on the degree of pressure drag the mako shark encounters as it swims. The denticles of the mako shark can flex at angles more than 40 degrees from its body—but only in ...

Katherine Rundell reviews “Sharks Don’t Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist,” by Jasmin Graham, and “Sharkpedia: A Brief Compendium of Shark Lore,” by Daniel C. Abel.

A hammerhead shark less than one meter long swims frantically in a plastic container aboard a boat in the Sanquianga National Natural Park, off Colombia’s Pacific coast. It is a delicate female ...

A subsequent study in 2020 by Chapman and colleagues revealed that 75 percent of hammerhead shark fin clippings found in Hong Kong markets came from two populations originating in the Pacific ...

Paddleboarders were greeted by a massive hammerhead shark while on their ocean adventure in St. Petersburg, Florida. Video footage, captured by kayak company See Through Canoe, showed the large ...

A hammerhead shark that was caught and released in Hilton Head Island waters. Chip Michalove If you do see a shark in the water, Frazier says there’s typically no need to panic.

A 3D-model for printing a Scalloped Hammerhead pectoral fin. To help law enforcement officials such as Customs identify dried and unprocessed fins, ... TRAFFIC has also published a new 3D Shark Fin ...

The shark is only the second in history to be observed regrowing a dorsal fin. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A super ...

“Scalloped hammerhead sharks, and most shark species in general, are vulnerable to extinction as they produce few offspring, have long gestation periods and are slow growing,” Ayres, who is ...