The sharks are here. The water temperature in the Gulf of Maine is well below average for this time of year, which should not surprise anyone considering how cold the air temperature has been. This ...

The pelagic thresher shark (Alopias pelagicus) is a highly migratory species found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific, often known for its long, whip-like tail. In response to the ...

Analysis of the elusive shark's remains show that it had not fully developed. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A baby shark that ...

Scientists studied how thresher sharks use “extreme yoga” to whip their tails at prey. By Kate Golembiewski When a thresher shark attacks, it doesn’t lunge in teeth-first. Instead, it approaches a ...

A conservation effort in eastern Indonesia helped reduce thresher shark catches by 91% among participating fishers by providing alternative income opportunities, according to a recent study. The ...

A Pelagic thresher shark (Alopias pelagicus) cruising the Monad Shoal seamount near Malapascua Island, Philippines. These pelagic deep water sharks come up to the seamount's shallower part to get ...

Like Indiana Jones, thresher sharks have mastered the art of the whip using their tails. Now, new research provides intricate details showing that vertebrae anatomy might support the mechanics of ...

In the boundless blue of the open ocean, few creatures command both beauty and power quite like the thresher shark. With a tail stretching almost as long as its body, this enigmatic predator turns ...

Capt. Chris Brown was off Block Island fishing for scup, a small fish that weighs about a pound, when something much bigger landed on his deck: a 500-pound, 16-foot-long common thresher shark. The big ...

A three-quarter view of a micro-CT scanned vertebral column segment and a single micro-CT scanned vertebra of a common thresher shark. In the thresher column, the frontmost vertebra is a transverse ...