Megalodon May Have Eaten Whatever It Could Find to Feed Its 100,000-Calorie-Per-Day Diet
The biggest shark in history was likely an opportunistic feeder.
Tag: shark
This Film Shaped Like Shark Skin Makes Planes More Aerodynamic and Saves Billions in Fuel
Mimicking shark skin may help aviation shed fuel—and carbon
The Lemon shark: an elusive but familiar predator
When life gives you lemon sharks, make... science?
Why do hammerhead sharks have hammer-shaped heads? When a defect becomes an asset
The first hammerhead shark was likely the result of a genetic deformity. A biologist explains how shark DNA reveals hammerheads’ ...
Great White sharks may mistake humans for seals, explaining attacks
From below the water's surface, swimming humans may look like food -- especially to great white juvenilles.
Shark teeth found in Antarctica unlock mystery of Earth’s ancient climate cooling
Some 50 million years ago, the Earth shifted to a cooler climate. Here’s why
Tech could save thousands of lives from shark bites over the next 50 years
The use of electronic deterrents could avoid many potentially fatal shark bites.
Overfishing is causing shark and ray populations to plummet
It's an apolcayptic scenario, but researchers say it's still possible to reverse the trend with proper policies
Fossil Friday: ancient shark bones turn out to be the teeth of a new species of flying dinosaur
I mean, who hasn't this happened to, right?
Shark skin protects wounds from infection
We could learn a thing or two from sharks about fighting microbial infections.
Scientists describe new pocket shark species that glows in the dark
It's adorable and quite harmless.
Megalodon’s teeth evolved over 12 millions years, researchers find
This is not the Nemo you're looking for.
Great white shark genome might teach us how to heal faster or stave off cancer
Scientists sink their teeth in the great white's genome
Paleontologists discovered a new species of ancient shark — and it was so, so tiny
" teeth are the size of a sand grain. Without a microscope you'd just throw them away," says one of ...
Megalodon may have been warm-blooded — and this may have ultimately doomed the huge predator
The largest fish in history may have been doomed by its active metabolism that couldn't keep up with a tough ...
Scientists find the first plant-eating shark — but it still likes to hunt
A ferocious predator actually enjoys a vegetarian snack from time to time.
Fastest shark on Earth might inspire the next-generation of drones and wind turbines
Lessons from the fastest-swimming shark on the planet.
Scientists track and study sharks by analyzing environmental water DNA
The method could open a breakthrough for shark research.
These sharks thrive in a real-life underwater volcano
Yes, these sharks live inside a volcano.
Most shark fins and ray gills sold in Vancouver come from threatened, trade-banned species
We're literally eating the viability of tomorrow's oceans.
Scientists find deep-sea miniature shark that glows in the dark
We've just started discovering the tip of the iceberg in terms of deep sea creatures.
Bamboo sharks really have to put their back into eating — literally
Specifically, they put their shoulders into it.
New ancient car-sized species identified by paleontologists. It was related to Megalodon
Some 20 million years ago, both the Atlantic and the Pacific were haunted by a huge shark the size of ...
Fossil Friday: C. Megalodon, the true Jaws
The biggest fish in the pond.
Longest-living vertebrate is a 400-year-old Greenland Shark
A groundbreaking study found a giant lurking beneath the Arctic might be the oldest living vertebrate today.
Scientists build a camera with “shark vision”
We now have shark vision.
Human limbs might have evolved from shark gills
Flap your hands like a shark.
Fossil Friday: Helicoprion
Helicoprion is an extinct genus of shark-like, cartilaginous fish that lived from the early Permian (~290 m.y. ago) all through ...
How many friends would a shark have on facebook?
Sharks have a reputation of solitary predators. They're not the life of the party, sort to say. One new research ...
Some deep-water sharks can float up, contrary to conventional wisdom
Researchers at University of Hawaii, Manoa in collaboration with a team from the University of Tokyo were surprised to find ...
Sharks act like Math Geniuses
At least in one aspect, sharks behave as world class mathematicians - although the cause may be sensibleness more than ...
Shark Week Lied to Scientists to Get Them to Appear in “Documentaries”
An accurate depiction of what Shark Week is all about these days. I've given up on watching TV years ago ...
Sharks may confuse kitesurfers with birds and attack them
A new study investigated the circumstances under which a 15-year-old kitesurfing male died after a tiger shark attacked him in ...
Historic day for shark protection
We've been telling you on and on - millions and millions of sharks are perishing each year, mostly due to ...
Shark embryos stay still to avoid predators
Sharks are the ultimate predators, comfortably sitting at the very top of the food chain; but even they have their ...
Hope delayed from sharks in the Atlantic
Sharks are in a dire position right now, with their numbers decreasing by the millions each year. However, conservationists failed ...
Americans are eating endangered shark soup
Would you eat shark fin soup? Please, tell me that the answer is 'NO!'. Nearly a third of all shark ...
