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Science says sharks can hunt in total darkness using electricity: The biology behind their sixth senseA shark does not always need to see a fish to detect that a living creature is nearby. In murky water, beneath the sand or during the final...- Jeff Bezos’ wife Lauren Sánchez’s journey from a teenage job at a New Mexico water park to luxury expeditions across the world’s oceans has come into focus nearly four decades later, with her latest Galápagos trip drawing fresh attentionJeff Bezos’ wife Lauren Sanchez's conservation work in the Galápagos Islands contrasts sharply with her past. She previously worked at a Ne...
- In 2021, scientists tested 20 bonnethead sharks at Florida State and found they use Earth’s magnetic field to navigate: Study suggests sharks may have a magnetic mapSharks possess an incredible ability to roam the expansive oceans, utilizing the Earth's magnetic field as their guide. Recent studies have...
- Earlier this year, Michigan researchers analyzed lake sturgeon records spanning decades. 300 years later, their findings point to fish still living around the Great lakes for nearly 3 centuriesNew research from Michigan researchers suggests that lake sturgeon in the Great Lakes may live far longer than previously believed. The stu...
- In 2007, a tiny ghost-white beetle revealed the secret to the world's brightest white paintNature's whitest white beetle is giving scientists a new way to rethink modern materials. The tiny Cyphochilus beetle creates an intensely ...
- Jurassic Sharks on Shark Week 2026: When and where to watch the prehistoric special in the US and UK without a cable subscriptionJurassic Sharks Sharks Week: Shark Week 2026 is taking viewers back to the age of prehistoric predators with "Jurassic Sharks." 'Shark Week...
- Ghost shark discovered: Scientists identify new deep-sea species off Costa RicaA remarkable new species of deep-sea ghost shark, Rhinochimaera costaricana, has been discovered in the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica. Resea...
- A shark that walks instead of swims? Scientists just found a new one in the wild, and it may already be facing extinctionScientists have identified a new species of 'walking' shark in Papua New Guinea, named Hemiscyllium dudgeonae. This unique shark uses its p...
- Scientists just filmed the goblin shark, a 125-million-year-old "living fossil," alive in the deep Pacific for the first time, expanding what we know about one of the ocean's rarest predatorsA rare goblin shark, a living fossil, has been captured on camera for the first time in its deep-sea home. Marine biologists documented two...
- This Shark Was Already Swimming in the Oceans Before the United States Was Founded, Scientists Say Some Greenland Sharks May Live Up to 500 YearsScientists have discovered Greenland sharks live for centuries. A 2016 study used radiocarbon dating of eye lenses to determine their age. ...
- The 400-year-old shark: How the Greenland Shark lives for centuries in the coldThe Greenland shark, the longest-lived vertebrate, lives for centuries due to its slow metabolism in frigid waters. Reaching sexual maturit...
- Largest male great white shark tagged in Atlantic resurfaces off Canadian coast; how it stacks up against the largest female sharkA massive male great white shark, Contender, has been tracked to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. This shark, measuring nearly 14 feet and weighin...
- This Hollywood blockbuster inspired a generation to become shark scientistsIn 1974, Peter Benchley's bestselling novel 'Jaws' fanned this fear into a wildfire that spread around the world. The book sold more than 5...
- Sharks and humans can peacefully coexist in the ocean, says studyResearchers from the Shark Lab at California State University, Long Beach, decided to use drones to study young white sharks near the South...
- Sharks prowl closer to Florida shoreline. Here's what experts have to sayRecently videos on Twitter and experts have recorded sharks swimming dangerously close to the Florida coastline. Experts are saying that sh...
- Dramatic shark decline leaves 'gaping hole' in ocean: StudyThree sharks were found to be critically endangered, with their populations declining by more than 80 percent -- the oceanic whitetip shark...
- Extinction Watch: This shark doesn’t need saltwater to surviveUnlike other members of this family, the eyes of the Ganges shark are tilted dorsally, instead of laterally or ventrally, indicating that i...
- Greenland shark emerges as longest living vertebratesGreenland shark has clocked in as the world’s longest living vertebrate with the scientists estimating its life expectancy at 272 years.
- Sharks have social personalities: StudyPersonalities are known to exist in many animals, but are usually defined by individual characteristics such as how exploratory, bold or ag...
- San Diego beaches stay closed as authorities search for killer sharkAuthorities kept watch Saturday over a stretch of Southern California beaches, scanning the waters for a shark they believe killed a triath...
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