Hilton Head Island’s beautiful beaches attract thousands of visitors each summer, but they’re not the only ones drawn to the surf. The warm coastal waters are home to a wide variety of shark species ...

Over 800 marine species were newly discovered after two years of collaborative efforts by scientists, governments, museums and others participating in the Ocean Census, a global alliance founded to ...

New research shows that losing threatened requiem shark species could erase millions of years of tooth evolution and squeeze the genus Carcharhinus into a narrower ecological role. So, what happens to ...

Tucked away in south-central Kentucky is an iconic cave system so large that it is considered a national park, with its name – Mammoth Cave National Park – giving a lot away about both its size and ...

A view of oceanic whitetip reef shark, who faces danger of extinction due to climate change and human pollution. Over 70 species of sharks and rays may soon receive their strongest lifeline yet. On ...

A rare shark species thought to be wiped out due to overfishing has been spotted for the first time after over five decades in Papua New Guinea, shedding more light on the region’s rich biodiversity.

Whether a species has just freshly emerged, or it has been around for millions of years does not dictate its vulnerability.

A large fossil study shows young shark and ray species vanish faster, while older species stay stable over time.

A small bioluminescent shark so rare that there are only two specimens in the entire world has been discovered in the Gulf of ...