Sharks and rays in the Western Indian Ocean are facing an extinction crisis. Almost half of the region’s 270 known species ...

A man fleeing police jumps into the ocean with sharks.

Killer whales can scare white sharks away in the moment, but a 12-year study from South Australia shows that long disappearances from shark hotspots are often just part of the sharks’ natural rhythms.

Australia is a global 'lifeboat' for some of the world's most endangered sharks and rays 158 Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) have been identified ...

Discover five hidden islands in the Maldives that tourists usually miss. From the 'Galapagos of the Indian Ocean' to historic ...

Reports of sharks appearing on a golf course seem improbable, yet science offers a clear explanation. Certain shark species can tolerate changes in salinity, allowing them to survive brief periods in ...

A slow-moving sleeper shark captured on camera deep below the ocean surface near the South Shetland Islands is the first shark species to ever be found in Antarctic waters.

On a March morning in the suburbs of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala state’s capital in southern India, a group of fishers were ...

In this undated handout photo provided by Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf in January 2026, a blacktip reef shark swims at Sealife Oberhausen in Oberhausen, Germany. (Maximilian Baum/Heinrich ...

Picture a dolphin diving toward the seafloor with something odd on its nose. It is not a shell or a fish. It is a sea sponge.

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A fisherman has issued a distressing warning to Sydneysiders after hauling a massive 200kg bullshark from a popular swimming spot in the city’s eastern suburbs.