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Those on a local whale watch were treated to an epic feast on Wednesday when they had a front-row seat to several sharks scavenging a dead shark. A shiver of blue sharks was spotted chomping on a dead ...

"When a big shadow appears in the deep blue & starts moving straight towards you,” reads the Manta Dive Center Instagram ...

Whale sharks are the largest species of shark. Their gentle manner and massive size make them the gentle giants of the ocean. However, one especially large whale shark has been spotted off the Pacific ...

The first white shark of the season was spotted off of Nantucket on May 11, but they aren't the only sharks that live in Massachusetts water. Ryan Knotek, an associate research scientist with the New ...

Killer whales are known for their intelligence and power, even an inclination to sink yachts. Now, research is showing how they take down prey that few other animals can. Why it matters: The findings ...

Recently, we dove deep on the world’s smallest shark (the dwarf lanternshark) and now we’re swinging to the other end of the shark size spectrum to look at the world’s largest fish. The whale shark is ...

Killer whales are known for their intelligence and power, even an inclination to sink yachts. Now, research is showing how they take down prey that few other animals can. Orcas in Mexico's Gulf of ...