Amid increasing reports of fishermen encountering brown sharks in the Connecticut River, experts say it is a mix of both good and bad news. Dr. Eric Schultz , a University of Connecticut professor ...

By cannibalizing their siblings in the womb or avoiding meat-eating pliosaurs, fearsome carnivores like the megalodon ballooned to proportions that would dwarf any shark alive today ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An endangered shark species is seeing a population boom near New England beaches. The dusky shark, a species that was once hunted ...

The angel shark is a good example—once widespread throughout the northeast Atlantic, it has suffered drastic declines across its range, and the species is now locally extinct throughout much of Europe ...

Explore 25 mind-blowing extinct creatures you'll be glad don't exist! Discover Earth's most terrifying ancient monsters like ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The extinct Megalodon, meaning "big tooth," was an apex ...

As Earth shifts to climates not seen for several hundred thousand years, we may need to look at ancient environments for clues about what could happen next. Our new study of two whale fossils, with ...

(25 March 2021) New updates on the conservation status of sharks and rays released today by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) show that 39 additional species are now facing a ...

Shark Week bites into dinosaur times with a must-watch special for shark fans and dinosaur fans alike with “Jurassic Sharks” at 8 p.m. ET on Discovery. Cord-cutters can watch Shark Week for free on ...