Maybe you've seen a "mermaid's purse" while walking on the beach. Not actually an accessory for the mythical creature, these small casings are the eggs of sharks and their relatives. For around 455 ...

Shark Week is a long-standing program on TV, lasting an entire week on the Discovery Channel and covering a wide variety of shark-focused material. What began as an educational program designed to ...

The green sea turtle was rescued along North Carolina’s Outer Banks, which is home to multiple species of rare sea turtle. National Park Service photo Being caught in the jaws of a shark might seem ...

In the boundless blue of the open ocean, few creatures command both beauty and power quite like the thresher shark. With a tail stretching almost as long as its body, this enigmatic predator turns ...

Based on its whimsical name, it’s easy to assume that the cookiecutter shark is cute and gentle. However, nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the name “cookiecutter” doesn’t refer to the ...

Nearly a third of shark meat samples taken from products sold in Europe contained dangerously high methylmercury levels, with all tope shark and almost a quarter of blue shark samples exceeding EU ...

Fishermen at a national park in Thailand were stunned when a massive sea creature approached their boat. A video shows the a rare sighting. Screengrab from Thailand’s Department of National Parks, ...