A deep-sea discovery turns frightening as a submarine crew finds aggressive sixgill sharks feasting on a whale carcass and ...

The sharks were all feeding on the whale, but with so many of them together ... As their name implies, they have six gill slits, instead of the typical five gill slits of other shark species.

There are about 500 different species of sharks in the world ... they filter plankton and other tiny sea creatures through ...

Picture this: you’re gazing into a vibrant aquarium, entranced by the hypnotic dance of fish. But what if I told you that ...

They are the world’s second-largest fish, after the whale shark. Despite being related to the ... These long, comb-like structures keep the food from escaping through their gills. Basking sharks close ...

Leedsichthys was not a predatory hunter but a filter feeder similar to modern baleen whales and whale sharks. Its massive mouth contained specialized gill rakers—comb-like structures used to strain ...

This week, a whale shark was found beached on the Philippine shores of Tagum City in Davao del Norte. Environmentalist Darrell Blatchley reported that there was plastic waste lodged in the gills of ...

Nobody knows where whale sharks, the biggest fish in the sea, are mating. But scientists suspect it may be happening in the ...

They're the biggest fish in the sea — and found in warm oceans all around the world. But some things about them remain a ...

A rarely seen species of whale became stranded alive on a North Carolina island, only to perish before help could arrive, ...

Dold, a male great white shark, was tagged by OCEARCH 45 miles off Florida/Georgia coast Feb. 28, 2025. The 11-foot, 2-inch male weighed 761 pounds.