Yoko the swell shark was born in a habitat of all-female sharks who hadn't seen a male in years. The aquarium has two ...

Shark sex is a bitey business, with males grasping females with their teeth during the act. The resulting wounds are helping scientists to figure out when and where sharks are doing the deed.

Zebra sharks do the same thing before mating, so it’s likely that whale sharks do too. Although researchers do believe that what they observed was some kind of pre-mating behavior, they don’t ...

Researchers have captured rare video of whale shark courtship behavior, revealing intimate details of the largest fish in the sea.

The arrival of a baby swell shark at an aquarium in Louisiana has caused a wave of excitement, after the egg hatched despite ...

However, the following and biting are similar to the early mating behaviors seen in shark species, including tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier), zebra sharks (Stegostoma fasciatum), basking sharks ...

Gruesome footage reveals the horrendous injuries inflicted by male sharks as they grasp females with their teeth while they mate. These bloody love bites are now helping scientists piece together ...

Sharks are a diverse group of mostly predatory fish. They do not have bones; their skeletons are made of a tissue called cartilage. Sharks traveled the seas long before the dinosaurs roamed Earth ...

Researchers have witnessed behavior in the wild which could reveal critical clues about how the endangered whale shark reproduces.

The pyjama shark (Poroderma africanum) is a small, nocturnal predator boasting distinctive stripes, resembling pyjamas. Found off the South African coast in rocky reefs and kelp forests ...

Researchers in WA's north have observed a mature male whale shark biting the tail of a juvenile female on an annual expedition. It is believed to be the first time a pre-mating ritual for the ...