Sharks
Sharks can have bellybuttons – and other facts about their incredible diversity
This new research shows just how different male and female sharks can be.
5 days ago
Sharks
Biologist films tiger sharks tearing into a whale carcass
A group of tiger sharks tearing into a bobbing whale carcass is a sight that would keep most people out of the water, but for biologist Neil...
16 days ago
Sharks
'Hidden sharks': how we found a new way to detect them
Sleuthing scientists are using environmental DNA to help figure out which sharks swim where.
one month ago
Sharks
We spent nine years tracking South Africa's white sharks. What we learnt
A team of researchers spent nine years studying the white shark population at South Africa's Seal Island – here's what they learnt.
2 months ago
Sharks
Caught on camera: Ancient Greenland sharks
Despite their size Greenland sharks have mostly eluded scientific study. Now, recently captured underwater footage from the Canadian Arctic is giving...
3 months ago
Sharks
Watch: Silky sharks use their giant cousins like scratching posts
Silky sharks in the Galapagos have been filmed stealing free scratches – from the biggest fish in the sea.
3 months ago
Sharks
Why were 30 sharks hanging out together in a South African river?
Bull sharks aren't the only shark species that occasionally swims upstream!
4 months ago
Environmental Crime
Tiger sharks beheaded, scattered on popular Australian beach
Each of the recovered carcasses was missing its jaw, which the perpetrators likely collected to be sold as a trophy.
4 months ago
Sharks
Dive-bombing cormorant: Bird yanks suckerfish right off a whale shark's skin
Today's special: remora sashimi.
4 months ago
Success Stories
Watch: Critically endangered smalltooth sawfish freed from bungee cord 'choker'
With any luck, this young female sawfish will make a full recovery!
4 months ago
Sharks
The feeding habits of sharks uncovered thanks to plankton 'post codes'
Plankton has a chemical fingerprint that reveals where it came from. Scientists have now used this to track sharks at the opposite end of the food...
4 months ago
Predator vs Prey
Watch: 20 blue sharks feast on minke whale carcass
Predator party!
5 months ago
Sharks
Rarely seen viper dogfish caught in Taiwan
Fisheries officials off the coast of Taiwan have hauled up a gaggle of rare viper dogfish.
5 months ago
Sharks
Watch: Tiger shark cruises 'lazily' past bathers in Miami
The large tiger shark meandered along the coastline and casually bypassed several bathers.
6 months ago
Sharks
No, defensive dolphins didn't kill this blue shark
Did local dolphin pods have anything to do with the death of a blue shark that washed up recently on a Scottish beach? Wildlife officials point to a...
6 months ago
