Maybe you've seen a "mermaid's purse" while walking on the beach. Not actually an accessory for the mythical creature, these small casings are the eggs of sharks and their relatives. For around 455 ...

Shark Week floods screens with dramatic bite footage every summer, but the actual numbers tell a completely different story ...

Blind as a bat. See like a hawk. Eagle-eyed…Eyes like a shark? As humans, we’ve long been fascinated by the capabilities, or lack thereof, of creatures throughout the animal kingdom. While some ...

1. Introducing sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras -- What are sharks and how are they classified -- How many kinds of sharks are there -- How did sharks get their name -- Where do shards live -- When ...

By tracking neural crest cells in catshark embryos, researchers discovered that the molecular toolkit behind face-building is surprisingly conserved across jawed vertebrates. The real differences ...

Sharks have long been feared, and one of the main reasons is that we often think of them as being dangerous and bloodthirsty killers. Films such as Jaws do not exactly provide great publicity for ...