To draw sharks to the drum line, each of the floats had a small metal cage to hold chunks of fish that would release odorants ...

The Mediterranean white shark is as elusive and mysterious as the sharks in the Atlantic and Pacific are well known.

During Shark Week, Jensen Smith of the Harte Research Institute discusses common misconceptions about sharks and their vital role in maintaining healthy marine ecosystems.

Conservationist Ying Pemika Choovanichchanon holds a small basket in her hands, careful not to disturb the leathery brown ...

You’re staring at your aquarium. It’s late. Everything is quiet. And there’s your fish, floating calmly, fins moving slowly, ...

JAMESTOWN, St. Helena — Whale sharks shouldn't be hard for scientists to find. They are enormous — the biggest fish in the sea — and found in warm oceans all around the world. By shark ...

JAMESTOWN, St. Helena — Whale sharks shouldn't be hard for scientists to find. They are enormous — the biggest fish in the sea — and found in warm oceans all around the world. By shark ...

Whale sharks somehow manage to also be very private: Scientists don’t know where they mate, and they’ve never observed it before.

Whale sharks somehow manage to also be very private: Scientists don’t know where they mate, and they’ve never observed it before.

Cameron Perry, a research scientist at the Georgia Aquarium, has been working with colleagues to attach camera tags to investigate what the whale sharks are doing.