Thirty-three species of shark and 20 species of stingrays have been recorded swimming in seas around Greece in the last 90 ...
In 1989, scientists in Australia found a curious kind of "mermaid's purse" – a leathery egg case, which some species of sharks lay instead of giving birth to live young. The empty egg cases had ...
A new-to-science hammerhead species, the shovelhead shark, has been hiding in plain ... shark was classified as endangered on the IUCN Red List, facing a global population reduction of up to ...
Florida International University (FIU) scientists have finally identified a new species of hammerhead shark years after first collecting samples, but the shark's official discovery comes as its ...
The bonnethead shark is currently listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, making it likely that the shovelbill is similarly under threat. Alll sharks are susceptible to being ...
SEE MORE Florida International University researcher Cindy Gonzalez tags a hammerhead shark species called shovelbill, or Sphyrna alleni. (Mays Family Foundation Photo) Nine years after throwing ...
Research started more than two decades ago by Demian Chapman, now the director of Mote Marine Laboratory’s Center for Shark Research, led to the discovery of a new species of hammerhead shark ...