Few divers would give up the chance to swim with the two largest fish in the sea—whale sharks and basking sharks. Here's ...

A new study proposes that the massive ancient shark was built more slenderly than a great white. But not all paleontologists ...

Megalodon was likely a long, streamlined predator, not a bulky giant. Scientists compared its bones with modern sharks.

A new study has revealed fascinating details about the Megalodon, the massive prehistoric shark that lived between 15 to 3.6 ...

Researchers refined their size estimates of the prehistoric shark by studying the bodily proportions of 165 other shark ...

The basking shark’s scientific name, Cetorhinus maximus, roughly translates to “great-nosed sea monster” in Greek. In reality, these placid sharks, found the world over, are totally harmless.

Everyone's favorite prehistoric shark may have been much sleeker and much larger than previously thought. A new study ...

A new study provides many new insights into the biology of the prehistoric gigantic shark megalodon (megatooth shark), which ...

In 2014, an undercover investigation found that a factory in south-eastern China had been illegally slaughtering at least 600 whale sharks a year, as well as other protected species, including great ...