Multiple shark species are home to the Caribbean Sea, helping to create healthy marine ecosystems. The great hammerhead shark possesses a unique profile that creates specific tracking challenges for ...

"That's not a playful mammal … that's a predator." Onlooker captures ominous moment mysterious creature surfaces above water: ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why do hammerhead sharks have hammer-shaped ...

The future of the great hammerhead depends on how we choose to coexist with the ocean that sustains us both. As we uncover more about its habits and habitats, we’re also confronted with uncomfortable ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Typically you have to pay to swim with the sharks, but a group of hammerheads gave some beachgoers in Pensacola a free show. The day at the beach turned into a trip of a lifetime ...

These synchronized schools are not just about safety. In some regions, the largest females occupy the safest central ...

CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. (WECT/Gray News) – A great hammerhead shark was found washed up on a beach in North Carolina on Tuesday. A spokesperson with the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality ...

A revolutionary eDNA test detects endangered hammerhead sharks using genetic traces left in seawater, eliminating the need to capture or even see them. This powerful tool could finally uncover where ...

A drop of seawater may be the key to finding and saving the world’s most elusive hammerhead sharks. A Florida International University (FIU) scientist has developed a powerful new test that can ...