Sharks Assist Scientists in Seagrass Mapping Efforts
It's not as unprecedented as it sounds
Celebrate Sharktober With a Shark-Watching Trip to the Farallon Islands
Around 1,500 great white sharks are currently swimming back to the Bay Area
Arctic Sharks Are Now Showing Up in the Caribbean, Apparently
The Greenland shark was spotted in the area for the first time in history, seemingly vacationing off the coast of Belize
More Shark Sightings Is Actually a Good Thing, Ecologically Speaking
More sharks mean cleaner waterways
You Should Take a Class on Sharks This Summer
Atlas Obscura's summer courses kick off on Monday, starting with marine biologist Melissa Cristina Márquez's "The Truth About Sharks"
Could Sharks Help Humans Fight COVID-19?
A new study has grounds for optimism
Why Have Sharks Returned to Cape Cod?
It involves Richard Nixon, oddly enough
Can Greenland Sharks Improve Human Longevity?
Research suggests they live for hundreds of years
Young Great White Sharks Are Flocking to the California Coast
How dangerous that is remains to be seen
“Jackass” Is Returning to TV, And They’ve Got Sharks
It's a wonder this hasn't happened sooner
Something Almost Killed Off the Planet's Sharks 19 Million Years Ago
This is absolutely going to inspire a bunch of horror movies
Do Sharks Use Magnetism to Navigate? A New Experiment Offers More to Ponder.
Enter the strange world of magnetic sharks
Drones Reveal That Great White Shark Encounters Are Extremely Common
SoCal-based photographer and drone pilot Carlos Gauna regularly watches on as great white sharks coexist alongside humans in the shallows
Cape Town Frustrated by Disappearance of Great White Sharks
The sharks were once a tourist draw
What It Was Like to Film the Shark Sequences for “Jaws”
Valerie Taylor has been diving with great whites for nearly 50 years