Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Great white sharks have a reputation for being some of the most ferocious animals in the ocean, owing in part to their mouth full of sharp, serrated teeth. Most people believe that they are born as ...

Even sharks’ famous tooth-regrowing ability may not save them from ocean acidification. Researchers found that future acidic waters cause shark teeth to corrode, crack, and weaken, threatening their ...

The frilled shark is one of the oldest and strangest predators still alive, surviving in deep ocean waters with a body plan that has barely changed for tens of millions of years . Its eel-like body, ...

Shark teeth are everywhere once people start noticing them. They turn up in fossil shops, washed along beaches, buried inside ancient rock layers, and occasionally lodged in fishing nets. Yet the ...

Scientists studied how the sea creatures, also known as chimaeras or ghost sharks, ended up with one of evolution’s most bizarre appendages. By Jack Tamisiea Life in the ocean’s dark depths can be ...

Sharks are vital to many marine ecosystems despite being often viewed as dangerous predators. Florida leads in shark-bites, but shark-related fatalities are statistically rare. Over 300 shark species ...

Hidden along Florida’s Gulf Coast is one of the most unusual fossil-hunting destinations in the United States. Venice, Florida has earned the nickname “The Shark Tooth Capital of the World” because ...

1.The goblin shark has the fastest fish jaws in the ocean. It's the only shark with jaws that extend forward — at the speed of 10 feet per second! This can only be seen by the human eye in slow motion ...