The common thresher shark that washed up on Sunset Beach, Cape Town, South Africa. The shark was photographed by Alex Aitkenhead, who made the rare sighting.

C apt. Chris Brown was off Block Island fishing for scup, a small fish that weighs about a pound, when something much bigger landed on his deck: a 500-pound, 16-foot-long common thresher shark.

Capt. Chris Brown was off Block Island fishing for scup, a small fish that weighs about a pound, when something much bigger landed on his deck: a 500-pound, 16-foot-long common thresher shark. The ...

Scientists studied how thresher sharks use “extreme yoga” to whip their tails at prey. By Kate Golembiewski When a thresher shark attacks, it doesn’t lunge in teeth-first. Instead, it ...

As Jaws celebrates its 50th anniversary, Science News explores the vast range of shark sizes, from megaladon to the dwarf lanternshark.

This is the second thresher Greg Vespe caught this year on his 19-foot center console boat. How close have you been to a shark? This Tiverton man caught one off Newport ...

This 12-foot-long thresher shark was found dead on the shore of Duxbury Beach on Aug. 1. ... Thresher sharks are common in these waters but are usually seen “further offshore,” Chisholm said.

video: A three-quarter view of a micro-CT scanned vertebral column segment and a single micro-CT scanned vertebra of a common thresher shark. In the thresher column, the frontmost vertebra is a ...

A massive shark, which was rescued from an abandoned net, was tragically found dead just days later in the UK. The 31st (200kg) common thresher - also known as the Atlantic thresher - was ...

A shark that was rescued from an abandoned net in Devon has died, a wildlife trust has said. Volunteers from Clovelly Lifeboat Station were called to help after the common thresher shark was found ...

Capt. Chris Brown was off Block Island fishing for scup, a small fish that weighs about a pound, when something much bigger landed on his deck: a 500-pound, 16-foot-long common thresher shark. The ...