In the deep ocean, far from sunlight, a small shark has been quietly carving perfect circles of flesh out of animals many ...

After decades of mystery surrounding the perfectly circular wounds found on fish and marine mammals, researchers have finally ...

A Hawaii study has found that a certain species of sharks is more likely to bite humans during periods of low light. The ...

University of Hawaiʻi researchers have published a new study that brings together ʻike Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian knowledge), ʻōlelo ...

Each year, unsuspecting divers, surfers and swimmers suffer shark bites – with some unfortunately not surviving to tell the tale. We’ve ranked the top 20 of the 500+ shark species, counting down to ...

Its findings build on earlier UH Mānoa research that linked moonless nights to rare cookiecutter shark bites on humans, ...

A fight between a shark and a piranha is what one would expect to read about in a thriller novel, but not in scientific fact.

Shark activity increases during summer months due to warmer waters and increased food sources. While various shark species, including great whites and hammerheads, inhabit North Carolina waters, shark ...

During the summer, the primo spot for a hot and sunny day is the beach. Even with the calm nature of the beach, some might be wary of going too deep into the ocean for fear of getting bitten by a ...

Combine the 50th anniversary of the movie "Jaws" – which started the nation's shark obsession in 1975 – with Discovery Channel's 37th annual Shark Week that begins July 20, and sharks might be getting ...