Indian Ocean, researchers have found hundreds of fossilized remains from various shark species—including the ancestor to one ...
Researchers from Australia's national science agency have discovered a shark graveyard on the floor of the Indian Ocean. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation revealed some ...
A rare ocean predator described as being covered in thorns was captured in Chile, allowing for a complete study to be done on the animal for the first time in more than 100 years. Sightings have ...
"Exceptionally preserved" fossils of an ancient shark that lived alongside the dinosaurs has finally revealed what the predator looked like — and why it may have gone extinct. Without the ...
After five days of deliberations, member states of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) have deferred most of the proposed conservation and management measures for tuna and sharks in the Indian ...
Closing to fishing an area already largely closed by pirates is a long way short of being meaningful fisheries management, WWF said at the conclusion of the annual meeting of the Indian Ocean Tuna ...
As one of the largest predators to have ever lived, megalodon captures people's imagination - and for good reason. But was this apex predator simply a beefed-up great white shark, and is it still ...
This story appears in the August 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Zane Grey made his name writing adventure novels about the American West, but his real love wasn’t gunslinging or ...
The words "harmless" and "shark" are not often used in the same sentence—usually, one may associate the apex predator with words like "dangerous" and "scary." Often they are considered to be ...
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Complete fossils from an enormous shark that lived alongside the dinosaurs reveal crucial information about this enigmatic predator — including it being an ancient relative of the great white shark.