AN INCREDIBLE nine million year old ancestor of the great white shark has been discovered in Peru. The 23ft long beast had ...

A massive species of endangered shark might ... as her smaller size could indicate. Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are the largest fish in the world, growing as much as 40 feet or more in length.

A mammoth 1,653-pound great white shark surfaced off Florida's coast Sunday. The shark is the largest male tagged by OCEARCH ...

Scientists are still uncovering new shark species. In fact, the glow-in-the-dark kitefin shark — the largest glowing vertebrate — was just discovered in 2021. Sharks grow and mature slowly.

(SOUNDBITE OF WHALE SHARK BREATHING) SOMMER: Whale sharks are the largest fish species on the planet, as long as a school bus. This whale shark was a juvenile, though still about 16 feet long ...

The new IUCN report, put together by more than 350 experts from more than 100 countries, finds that overfishing is the biggest threat to the world’s 1,266 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras ...