Last week was "Shark Week" in America. What a cultural phenomenon! What started out, simply, as a themed week on Discovery Channel is now something all of America talks about. I think many major ...

Shark and ray species (over 1,200 species globally) are literally and figuratively in hot water—their populations are declining and some of their body parts are among the most valuable in the global ...

Sharks seem pretty scary. The large size of their bodies and that mouth full of dagger-like teeth basically make them look like the villains of the deep. However, sharks kill way fewer humans every ...

Sharks are the apex predators of the oceans, but they’re more than movie monsters and beach horror stories. There’s a lot that most people don’t know about sharks and plenty more that scientists are ...

Shark Week, Discovery’s annual celebration of teeth, fins, and scary background music, is back. Shark Week is one of the biggest events in the popular science world, but is it an accurate ...