Tiny sharks have long been blamed for the eerily perfect circles carved into the skin of whales, dolphins and even submarines ...

In the deep ocean, far from sunlight, a small shark has been quietly carving perfect circles of flesh out of animals many ...

Learn how Indigenous knowledge and modern science reveal the rare cookiecutter shark, which hunts on moonless nights.

This jaws-itively brave woman rescued a beached shark on her own. A woman who was walking her dogs on the beach in Oregon noticed a small shark struggling on the shore — and bravely freed it back into ...

FIU scientists have discovered two major problems after analyzing small shark fins from Hong Kong markets — small coastal species are much more common in the international fin trade than previously ...

A 24-inch spinner shark, a species typically found in waters near Florida, was discovered off the coast of Charlestown, Rhode Island, in September 2024. The shark's partially healed umbilical cord ...

CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn (WABC) -- There was some excitement on Coney Island Saturday when people spotted a small shark swimming along the shore. Lifeguards cleared the water because there were swimmers ...

Marine biologist Carolin Nieder says she discovered that rig sharks make clicking sounds Rig sharks make a clicking sound with flat teeth, which are quite different from other shark species' teeth, ...

Cookiecutter sharks small but fearless; attacks still rare. July 6, 2011 — -- A small shark that's as nasty as it is fearless, attacking everything from Navy submarines to killer whales, has been ...