While there is no shortage of fascinating marine life in the waters near Destin, a few shark species are known to frequent ...

Humans have driven sharks and their cousins to the brink of extinction. The health of the entire ocean is at stake.

A great white shark was recently spotted off ... including dogfish, blacknose, bonnetheads, spiny dogfish, hammerhead, bull ... a brownish-gray shark with a large, triangular dorsal fin, ...

Ground sharks, also known as Carcharhiniformes, are one of the largest and most diverse groups of sharks. The 296 species are characterised by two dorsal fins, an anal fin – the small fin on their ...

Mark Lloyd suggested: "Looks like a hammerhead dorsal." David Bastian observed: "Look how big the fin is compared to the dolphins in front! Has to be a killer whale! " and Rob Batten concurred ...

“The heaviest great hammerhead shark ever recorded weighed a whopping 1280 pounds.” The great hammerhead shark is found in a variety of water depths such as shallow lagoons and coral reefs ...

The great hammerhead shark is found in a variety of water depths such as shallow lagoons and coral reefs, and in deeper waters up to 984 feet. ... with a tall dorsal fin.

Great Hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) The heaviest great hammerhead shark on record weighed 1,280 pounds. It was caught in 2006. Hammerhead sharks are easily identified by their laterally expanded head, ...

During four years of using that protocol on 9,200 fin clippings purchased in Hong Kong, Cardeñosa and colleagues showed that the species most traded for their fins included sharks listed on CITES ...

Hammerhead shark fins are among the most coveted for the preparation of shark fin soup. The high demand for this delicacy, as well as the use of shark meat, skin and oil in other ways, has led to ...

The shark is only the second in history to be observed regrowing a dorsal fin. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A super ...

In nature, the hammerhead shark possesses a special rolled swimming motion to combat the effects of inborn negative buoyancy. Inspired by this natural mechanism, we developed a novel biomimetic ...