Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (NewsNation) — Sharks in the Bahamas have tested positive for cocaine, caffeine and painkillers, a new study found, showing the ...

In a 1981 magazine essay, the evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould let readers in one of his field’s counter-intuitive truths. Aquatic animals, including lungfish and coelacanths, are more closely ...

Sleeper sharks live extraordinarily long lives and can thrive in near-freezing ocean temperatures near Earth's poles. Scientists with the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre captured footage of a ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Shark attacks returned to near-average levels in 2025 after a dip the previous year, according to the latest ...

Sharks prowl nearly every marine ecosystem on Earth—except one. For decades, scientists assumed the waters around Antarctica were simply too cold to sustain these predators, but a surprise sighting is ...

An ungainly barrel of a shark cruising languidly over a barren seabed far too deep for the sun’s rays to illuminate was an unexpected sight. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access ...

Despite a recent string of shark attacks across the California coast, including the tragic killing of a 55-year-old swimmer, the violent incidents dropped in the United States in 2025 compared to the ...

An oceanic whitetip shark swims in The Bahamas in March 2019. Oceanic whitetip sharks were once one of the most abundant large animals in the open ocean. In Pacific-island lore, these sharks were ...

A 13-year-old boy died on Thursday after he was mauled by a shark at a popular beach on Brazil's eastern coast, the state government said in a statement. The attack happened off the coast of Chifre ...

A 12-year-old boy is “fighting for his life,” a man in his 20s was left in critical condition and an 11-year-old boy escaped with only damage to his surfboard in a spate of shark attacks at beaches in ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Sharks are the most feared predators in the sea, and their survival hinges on fearsome teeth that regrow throughout their lives. But changes in the ocean’s chemistry could put ...