Fourteen fossil teeth from Egypt’s Western Desert reveal five extinct shark species that once lived in a tropical sea during ...

Ground sharks make up the largest shark order on Earth, yet most people have never heard the name Carcharhiniformes despite ...

Shark orders include highly specialised species such as sawsharks, angel sharks and bullhead sharks.

From hand-sized lantern sharks that glow in the deep sea to bus-sized whale sharks gliding through tropical waters, sharks come in all shapes and sizes. Despite these differences, they all face the ...

Trees first appeared on Earth during the Devonian period, around 385 million years ago, and dinosaurs about 100 million years later, between 250 to 200 million years ago. But you might be surprised to ...

Reef sharks and rays are in trouble. Around the world, their numbers continue to drop, with overfishing being the biggest reason for their decline. As the world’s largest shark sanctuary, French ...

SHARKS are not normally top of the list of concerns in Irish waters – but we do have a few species off our coasts. More than 40 different shark species live in Irish waters, but people rarely ...

Great hammerhead sharks are known for their long migrations, but scientists have now discovered that some individuals in the Bahamas instead spend all year snacking without leaving their plentiful and ...

While many sharks are solitary, some, like lemon sharks, enjoy being social and may have more docile personalities than other sharks. ©MD Nakib/Shutterstock.com Trees first appeared on Earth during ...