Diego Cardeñosa has loved sharks ever since he was a child. The Colombia native was never afraid of them when he visited his beloved beach. Instead, he was fascinated with how sharks move through ...
Older than dinosaurs and trees, sharks have endured a lot throughout their 450 million years on Earth. They’ve even survived five mass extinctions, including the asteroid that wiped out 75% of life on ...
This article is part of The State of Science, a series featuring science stories from public radio stations across the United States. This story, by Alan Yu, was originally published by WHYY. At an ...
You’ve seen the scene probably in a movie: a dorsal fin slicing through water, panic erupting onshore. But here’s the truth—sharks aren’t hunting humans. Most species are indifferent to us. Their real ...
Anyone who is more than just an occasional saltwater fisherman has almost assuredly met the “taxman.” This nickname is meant to describe any shark that steals a hooked fish (or part of it) off an ...
James Marcus Drymon has received funding from NOAA Fisheries and the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission to study depredation. I’ve studied this conflict, which is formally called depredation, for ...
Have you ever wondered what sound a shark makes? Scientists at the University of Auckland in New Zealand believe they may have the first recording of a shark actively making noise. In a study ...
How Common Are Bull Sharks off the Coast of North Carolina? Bull sharks have not always been as common in North Carolina waters as they are today. A study conducted in 2018 found that populations of ...
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