Active shark species like the mako and great white shark tend to swim closer to the surface because of their need for speed. They require more oxygen than other species to catch fast-moving prey, so ...

Because of its warm, clear waters, sharks flock to this area as well as others like it off the coast of the Sunshine State. Known as the Emerald Coast, this part of Florida is a dream for people who ...

Sharks, in fact, are essential to ocean ecosystems, keeping prey populations in check and oceans healthy. They’ve patrolled ...

Reef Shark (image credits: flickr) Grey reef sharks patrol the outer edges of the Great Barrier Reef like underwater sentinels, maintaining the delicate balance of the ecosystem. These sleek predators ...

A British woman said she feared she would lose her hand after a reef shark attacked her while she was on vacation in Jamaica on May 8 Rachel Smith said her ring finger was hanging off her hand ...

Another episode brought Lopez eyeball-to-eyeball with an equally huge tiger shark during a dive in Fiji. “There were initially only two of us divers underwater when this monster-sized shark began ...

Influencers get a lot of stick these days. The latest thing they’re being blamed for: shark attacks. Scientists have noted a recent rise in shark attacks, and according to new research published ...

Blacktip Reef Shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) Blacktip reef shark in the lagoon. Image via Depositphotos. The Blacktip Reef Shark is perhaps one of the most commonly encountered sharks in shallow ...

These incidents primarily involved gray reef sharks (62.5%) and occurred during shark harpooning in fish traps (43%) or spearfishing (38%). Self-defense bites represented approximately 5% of all shark ...

One case involved two spearfishermen at Makemo Atoll in 2016. After injuring a gray reef shark, the animal retaliated, inflicting multiple non-lethal wounds. Another case focused on traditional fish ...

“Some species of coastal shark, such as the gray reef shark, are both particularly territorial and bold enough to come to contact with humans,” Clua said. A human merely intruding their space could be ...

"Some species of coastal shark, such as the gray reef shark, are both particularly territorial and bold enough to come into contact with humans," Clua said.