Those who dive frequently understand there are risks involved, from checking your equipment to the conditions of the weather ...

Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The largest shark alive is a whale shark, according to the Smithsonian. It is also considered the largest fish in the ...

A 5.62-metre great white female shark carrying four young pups was found dead on a regional Queensland drumline in August.

They called her Deep Blue. She was a more than six meters long and almost 2,300 kilos female great white shark, who was found ...

Orcas, or killer whales as they are commonly known, are marine mammals known to display a range of intelligent behaviours. As ...

FIU-led study recommends major reforms to protect imperiled species.

“Even Tyrannosaurus rex doesn’t come close to that amount of pressure” Then around 3.6 million years ago, Earth’s biggest shark disappeared. Most of the shark’s skeleton was composed of ...

When you think of giant sharks, the great white from the blockbuster Jaws is probably what springs to mind. But at a little over six metres long, this fictional man-eating monster is small fry when ...

Basking sharks are also the biggest sharks that can breach, propelling their huge bodies out of the water, sometimes up to four times in a row. Breaching is still not totally understood ...

These sharks are ovoviparous (born live from an egg). Largest Shark: The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is the largest fish in the world, measuring up to [50 feet] long. Smallest Shark: Mature ...

As one of the largest predators to have ever lived, megalodon captures people's imagination - and for good reason. But was this apex predator simply a beefed-up great white shark, and is it still ...