Despite multiple mass extinctions, the frilled shark has managed to thrive for 100 million years. Today, it remains one of ...

An Australian fossil reveals the first lamniform shark, measuring 20 feet long and living 15 million years earlier than believed.

A newly described fossil from northern Australia reveals an 8 meter mega-shark that hunted in the age of dinosaurs, long ...

More than 500 different shark species roam Earth’s oceans: from zippy little cookie-cutter sharks, to the iconic great white, to nightmarish goblin sharks, to 25-foot-long, filter-feeding basking ...

Whether you find sharks more fascinating or frightening, new research reminds us of an undebatable truth: These aquatic hunters used to be way more terrifying. Terrifying as in: nearly 32 feet long, ...

More than 100 million years ago, scientists say, warming seas and reduced oxygen may have sent some sharks higher into the water column, where they evolved to be fierce and hungry. By Jeanne Timmons ...

Our understanding of shark evolution may need to be rethought following the discovery of a 410-million-year-old ancestor of this group of fish. Sharks are cartilaginous fish, meaning their skeletons ...

Research has shown that pelagic sharks tend to have longer, narrower fins compared to their benthic relatives, which typically possess shorter, rounded fins. A key to understanding how sharks navigate ...

Fossilized remains of acolossal shark discovered in northern Australia have upended scientists’ understanding of when oceanic ...

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Sharks began evolving differently after the extinction of many dinosaurs, possibly caused by an asteroid strike about 66 million years ago. Scientists from Uppsala University in Sweden studied how ...

Hybrid sharks have been discovered swimming in the waters off Australia's east coast. The finding may be driven by climate change, a research team says, suggesting such discoveries could be more ...