Shark attacks happen each year. Though the majority of incidents occur due to mistaken identity, the attacks are a reminder ...

A popular beach location on Florida‘s Gulf Coast, Destin is also home to many sharks. Because of its warm, clear waters, sharks flock to this area as well as others like it off the coast of the ...

Research has shown that pelagic sharks tend to have longer, narrower fins compared to their benthic relatives, which typically possess shorter, rounded fins. A key to understanding how sharks navigate ...

Juvenile bull sharks are not all feeding or behaving the same way, even within the same nursery. These individual differences ...

Combining lasers and sharks may sound like a bad idea, but marine ecologists are banking on it to help save some of the ...

Sharks have a branding problem. For many people, the word alone conjures images of horror: sleek predators stalking through open water, ominous fins slicing through the surf, rows of teeth on full ...

Not many scientific studies sound like a Bond film, but ours really does involve lasers, sharks and doctors (of research, not ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Gareth J. Fraser, University of Florida (THE CONVERSATION) The world’s oceans are home ...