Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thresher sharks are carnivorous and primarily feed on small fish and squid. They use their tails to herd their prey and then ...

From some giant prehistoric sloths that fell into a sinkhole 500,000 years ago to extinct elephants to today’s massive ...

Grace Solevilla-Moreno handling a shark used in one of her recent projects. Many picture a straight line when imagining the path to becoming a marine scientist: bachelor’s, master’s, and then a PhD to ...

The most persistent shark myth floating around is that these predators can detect a single drop of blood from several miles away. This frightening tale has terrified swimmers for decades, but science ...

Scientists have filmed live goblin sharks in the wild for the first time, expanding their known range, setting a new depth ...

Two conservationists working worlds apart have been recognized with the 2026 National Geographic/Buffett Awards for Leadership in Conservation. One protects bats and small mammals in West Africa. The ...

One-third of shark species are at risk of extinction, yet scientists still lack basic data on their habitats, populations, and trends. To solve this, researchers at Virginia Tech, Stanford University, ...

They’re more shark than bite. Sharks could soon experience a dental breakdown. These apex predators are at risk of losing their teeth due to the increased acid content in the world’s oceans, according ...

A new collaborative study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science & Abess Center for Ecosystem Science & Policy examined predator-prey ...

The goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) is one of Earth’s rarest and most elusive sharks. It’s also one of the weirdest. With its distinctive, hornlike snout and protrudable jaws, the pink-skinned ...

In waters off Tampa Bay, Florida, if you happen to see a woman hanging over the side of a boat above an upside-down, live blacknose shark, making a tiny incision in its skin to insert a tracking ...

Some sharks produce their own light through a process called bioluminescence. This natural glow helps them blend into the dark ocean depths. Specialized cells called photophores create this soft ...