Juvenile great white shark caught in Spain, scientists believe it could reveal a possible hidden nursery in the Mediterranean.

Scientists recorded the first shark in Antarctic waters when a sleeper shark passed a deep-sea camera in near-freezing darkness.

The Greenland shark holds the title as the longest-lived vertebrate on Earth, with some individuals potentially reaching 500 years of age. This elusive deep-sea predator, found in the frigid waters of ...

While Silicon Valley startups focus on short-term gains, sharks play the long game. They’ve been around for 450 million years. This makes them look like newbies compared to dinosaurs. Sharks have ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Humans, under optimal conditions, can live to an age of 100 ...

Celebrate Shark Week by meeting some of the prehistoric sharks prowling the museum’s collection Jack Tamisiea For nearly half a billion years, sharks of all shapes and sizes have ruled the deep, ...

Picture this: a shark swimming in the icy North Atlantic today that may have been alive when Shakespeare’s plays were still new. That’s not a myth. It’s the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus), ...