A group of German scientists tested the effects of a more acidic ocean on sharks’ teeth and found that future generations of ...

The long-living sharks aren't as blind as once thought and have DNA repair mechanisms that may help prevent their vision from ...

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A study of the hearts of Greenland sharks has found that the long-lived deep-sea predator has massive accumulations of ageing ...

The deep sea also harbours some of the most intriguing and alien-like species in existence, yet for several centuries, these ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

There was an era of horror and thriller cinema where animals like alligators and sharks attacking and killing humans had ...

Every summer, tiger sharks gather at a remote atoll in the Pacific Ocean to hunt fledgling seabirds. New research suggests it ...

Whether a species has just freshly emerged, or it has been around for millions of years does not dictate its vulnerability. This has been the assumption of an old debate on whether species' age plays ...

Whether a species just freshly emerged, or it has been around for millions of years does not dictate its vulnerability. This has been the assumption of an old debate on whether species’ age plays a ...

The world’s oceans are home to an exquisite variety of sharks and rays, from the largest fishes in the sea – the majestic whale shark and manta rays – to the luminescent but rarely seen deep-water ...

Biodiversity loss isn’t just about losing species — it’s about losing the evolutionary traits and ecological roles that make those species unique. A new study on requiem sharks (Carcharhinus) shows ...