And now you can summon such words for yourself, for, for the first time ever, there's a scalloped hammerhead shark swimming at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Want to find new things to ...

An identifying feature is an indentation in the center of its head with small bumps on either side of the nostrils. The slender hammerhead ... The scalloped bonnethead shark is similar to the ...

One scientist thinks the moon plays an important role in the migration and life cycle of the scalloped hammerhead ... If there’s a tie between the hammerhead shark and the moon, there could ...

He and his colleagues caught scalloped hammerheads in Kāneʻohe Bay, Hawaiʻi, briefly secured them against the side of the boat and attached packages of instruments to the base of each shark’s ...

Diagram showing the scalloped hammerhead's swimming behavior and body temperature during a deep dive. Shown here are depth (black), intramuscular temperature (red), and acceleration of the shark's ...

A new type of hammerhead shark has been discovered in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, marine scientists say. The shark resembles a common species called the scalloped hammerhead but has not yet been ...

“I saw this thing swim across the screen, and it was a hammerhead—you cannot miss a hammerhead shark, and it can ... divers routinely see scalloped hammerhead sharks schooling in groups ...

Shark gills are natural radiators that would rapidly cool the blood, muscles and organs if scalloped hammerhead sharks did not close their gill slits during deep dives into cold water. These ...

NPR's Geoff Brumfiel has more. GEOFF BRUMFIEL, BYLINE: The scalloped hammerhead shark lives in oceans all over the planet. MARK ROYER: It's one of the larger but not the largest hammerhead species.

Shark gills are natural radiators that would rapidly cool the blood, muscles, and organs if scalloped hammerhead sharks did not close their gill slits during deep dives into cold water.

A dramatic-looking shark holds its breath for about 17 minutes to stay warm during hunting dives in cold water, scientists have found. Scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) are found in ...

The study makes the scalloped hammerhead shark the first deep-diving fish known to hold its breath, Mark Royer says, who is the marine biologist behind the study. It's "astounding and a completely ...