Sharks have given us a lot. Thanks to sharks we have Jaws, the Jaws theme song, the greatest in-flight cinematic masterpiece of all-times The Meg (starring Jason Statham) and uh... Baby Shark.
Mail Online
| 2/19/2019
| Victoria Allen Science Correspondent For The Daily Mail
If you see a shark moving at slow speeds it's probably ready for dinner, confirming the behaviour of the predator in Stephen Spielberg's cinematic masterpiece Jaws.
The great white shark is one of the most recognized marine creatures on Earth, generating widespread public fascination and media attention, including spawning one of the most successful movies in...
Mail Online
| 2/13/2019
| Yuan Ren;Victoria Bell For Mailonline
A giant predatory shark likely went extinct at least one million years earlier than previously thought, a new study from the US has found. The 50-foot-long megalodon shark, featured in...
Lead author and vertebrate paleontologist Robert Boessenecker pointed out the great whites had appeared on the scene four million years ago, suggesting the 400,000 year gap may have given them...
Megalodon—a giant predatory shark that has inspired numerous documentaries, books and blockbuster movies—likely went extinct at least one million years earlier than previously thought, according to...
Tommy Wiseau, the enigmatic creator of The Room – described as “the Citizen Kane of bad movies” – has unveiled the trailer for his follow-up, Big Shark, which Twitter is already turning into a...
Mail Online
| 2/11/2019
| Victoria Bell For Mailonline
Fascinating footage shows an unhatched baby shark wriggling around in its egg sac after it had washed up on a beach. Mother Karissa Otero made the discovery while searching for 'mermaid's purses',...
Mail Online
| 2/8/2019
| Eve Buckland For Mailonline
He was last seen in Weatherfield back in 2012, when he was arrested after kidnapping Rita Tanner on her wedding day. And loan shark Rick Neelan made his return to Coronation Street after seven years...
The devastating bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef in 2016 and 2017 rightly captured the world's attention. But what's less widely known is that another World Heritage-listed marine ecosystem in...
A study mapping the eastern Australian grey nurse shark population has found it has declined rapidly over the last few decades, with only 400 breeding sharks left, too few to maintain a healthy...
The Shark Shield eSPEAR is designed to be worn in a holster and deployed like a spear gun to deter sharks. If we learnt anything from Jaws (and noted surfer and shark-puncher Mick Fanning), it's...
Mail Online
| 2/4/2019
| Charlie Moore For Daily Mail Australia
An incredible moment a shark and a crocodile fought over a raw chicken has been captured on camera. Jonathan Kehler wanted to show some friends the crocodiles in Darwin's Adelaide River so took them...
What's that dark shadow in the water? Going to the beach in Australia can be a potentially deadly affair. Stonefish, pufferfish, box jellyfish, stingrays -- and cute octopuses that delight oblivious...
Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff will be on the hook for a unique gift if the they beat the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl. Yes, he told a kid he would buy him a shark.
Despite the Jaws-fueled fear of sharks in popular culture, bites from the marine predators are a rare occurrence. They got even more rare in 2018 and scientists are puzzling over the cause of the...
University of Florida researchers say far fewer shark bites were reported worldwide last year. According to the university's International Shark Attack File, 66 bites were documented in 2018,...
A San Jose man was convicted for shooting and killing a great white shark last year in Santa Cruz County. TOP O' THE BAYDAILY NEWSLETTERSFGATE's top stories from across the Bay Area.
Megalodon compared to a bus Credit: Guillermo Torres. Banco de Imágenes Ambientales (BIA), Instituto Alexander von Humboldt. In a paper published by Evolution, research led by Swansea University's...
The results showed that for a shark to be giant, it would need to first evolve adaptations that enhance feeding such as the ability to control -- at least to some degree -- their own body...
Galagadon was small river-dwelling shark. We have a new contestant in the competition for most awesome dinosaur name ever: Galagadon nordquistae. Paleontologists named the shark for its teeth, which...
A newly discovered species of ancient shark has been named after a 1980s arcade game. The shark swam in the rivers of what is now South Dakota, US, about 67 million years ago, living alongside...
Unlike its gargantuan cousin the megalodon, Galagadon nordquistae was a small shark (approximately 12 to 18 inches long), related to modern-day carpet sharks such as the "whiskered" wobbegong.
Remember the mammoth Carcharadon named Deep Blue? If you don't here's a refresher. Thought to be the world's biggest great white shark, it is believed Deep Blue was recently spotted swimming with...
Mail Online
| 1/12/2019
| Shirley Donlon For Dailymail.com
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past couple of months you would be well aware of the catchy song that is Baby Shark. The children's song was originally released and shared to YouTube...
ANALYSIS/OPINION: The 48-hour build-up to President Trump’s first Oval Office address to the nation was chock-full of breathless hand-wringing in the media over whether they should air the speech in...
Mail Online
| 1/9/2019
| Maxine Shen For Dailymail.com
A California teen survived having his legs bitten by a great white shark while he was surfing at Montaña de Oro State Park. Nick Wapner, 19, of Palos Verdes, California, told park officials that he...
Investigators are looking into a Miami-based celebrity shark hunter after a video was posted on his social media showing a seabird being abused. Posted on Mark the Shark's Monster Fishing Charter...
It was a prehistoric clash of the ages that didn't end pretty when a monster in the sky clashed with a beast of the deep. The sorry outcome for one particular flying reptile is brutally recorded on...
Mail Online
| 12/23/2018
| Sophie Tanno For Daily Mail Australia
A juvenile great white shark was spotted lurking close to the shore of a popular beach, near to where young children were being towed on a boat. Witness Steve Carey captured the young shark on...
More than 80 million years ago, a winged reptile called a pteranodon bobbed placidly on the waves of the Western Interior Seaway, which ran straight through what is today North America.
Researchers claim the discovery offers an extraordinary revealing glimpse into how ancient shark hunted and how their modern relatives have continued the trait. The study’s senior author Professor...
Mail Online
| 12/19/2018
| Mark Prigg For Dailymail.com
Researchers have revealed astonishing evidence of a ferocious mid air battle between a shark and a pterosaur. USC researchers studying bones at the L.A. County Natural History Museum, were shocked...
If you haven’t heard the now viral song “Baby Shark” I really don’t know what to tell you. It’s EVERYWHERE, and by everywhere I literally mean everywhere. Grocery stores, TV shows, radio stations,...
The collaborative research among The University of Hong Kong (HKU), the University of Guam (UoG), and the Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines (LAMAVE) shows that whale shark...
A surfer who previously described himself as "shark bait" was seriously injured after being attacked by a shark on Sunday, officials said. Joel Mason, 36, was in the water near Scotts Beach, located...
Mail Online
| 12/7/2018
| Bryony Jewell For Mailonline
This is the startling moment a shark bites the mask off a diver's face - and he miraculously escapes with a small scratch. Peter Schneider was on a dive in Rangiroa, French Polynesia, when his group...
Want to see what King Shark might have looked like in Suicide Squad? What did Daredevil showrunner Erik Oleson have to say about the cancellation of the series? What would a James Wan directed...
Mail Online
| 12/2/2018
| Andrew Bullock For Mailonline
Standout star of The X Factor 2018, Dalton Harris, scooped the title of champion on Sunday night's grand finale. The Jamaican-born 24-year-old, who was mentored by new judge - and former X Factor...
Mail Online
| 11/30/2018
| Andrew Prentice For Daily Mail Australia
Incredible drone footage has emerged of an enormous shark lurking just metres from stand-up paddle boarders at a popular beach. Reed Plummer, a freelance photographer who runs the business Central...
A new deep-water dogfish shark has been discovered by a team led by Florida Tech marine biologist Toby Daly-Engel. The team, which also includes scientist Amber Koch, University of Hawaii marine...
Mail Online
| 11/27/2018
| Aidan Wondracz For Daily Mail Australia
Australia is home to some of the deadliest animals in the world, but the ones most likely to kill you may come as a surprise. Horses and cows have caused more deaths than sharks and crocodiles...
Mail Online
| 11/21/2018
| Press Association;Phoebe Weston For Mailonline
An American research submarine has captured incredible footage showing a tiny shark embryo wiggling around inside its transparent egg case. Scientists believe the strange creature is a catshark in...
The Simpsons this Sunday drew 4.4 million total viewers and a 1.6 rating, dominating all non-sports fare in the demo. Leading out of that, Bob’s Burgers (3 mil/1.2) was up two tenths, Family Guy (2.
Try following the imperative in this tweet. Try to imagine someone saying, “The only way to stop shark attacks is with more sharks.” If you can’t conjure up a mental picture of a sentient capable of...
Mail Online
| 11/15/2018
| Sara Malm for MailOnline
A South African university student has described the horrific moment when a shark bit off his leg in a surfing incident. Caleb Swanepoel had been out body surfing with his two brothers at...
Mail Online
| 11/15/2018
| Laura Hedges For Daily Mail Australia;Brooke Rolfe
A kayaker has relived the moment he was rescued by lifesavers when a 4.5 metre tiger shark knocked him out of his kayak. Kyle Roberts, 31, had been kayaking off Moffat Beach, near Caloundra, in the...
A surfer was bitten on the leg by a shark off a beach on Australia's west coast Sunday, authorities said, the latest in a spate of recent attacks that saw another man killed.
The rare sailfin roughshark was also caught on camera. Drone footage of a rare shark nursery, found 200 miles off west of Ireland, has been revealed. It's being called a discovery on a "scale not...
Mail Online
| 11/2/2018
| Brooke Rolfe For Daily Mail Australia
An opportunistic great white shark has nicked an entire bag of squid from three anglers who were fishing just a few hundred metres from the coast. Daniel Medlin was with his dad and cousin in a 20ft...