For comparison, they are about the size of a large school bus. Although they share the name ‘whale,’ the ... They are filter feeders and one of only three known shark species to do so (alongside ...

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 ...

A hammerhead shark species discovered by FIU scientists finally has a name and its namesake is the late Paul G. Allen, philanthropist and cofounder of Microsoft. The existence of the new species ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new-to-science hammerhead species, the shovelhead shark, has been hiding in plain sight for three centuries due to its close resemblance to a ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Researchers have confirmed the existence of a new species of shark in South America. The shovellbill shark, Sphyrna alleni, was hiding in plain sight due to its resemblance ...

Shark. Credit: Pete Kontakos / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 Thirty-three species of shark and 20 species of stingrays have been recorded swimming in seas around Greece in the last 90 years, ...

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 ...

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 ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Scientists have discovered a new hammerhead shark species, and are naming it after Philanthropist ...