DESTIN, Fla. - Six friends went to a fishing tournament looking to catch some grouper. They caught an 844-pound shark instead. picked by wags273 10 months ago

This pic and brief article of a whale shark being sliced up makes me sad... At least it's not going to waste. picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago

A team of Texas A&M University researchers will soon be recovering artifacts from a 200-year-old shipwreck that lies more than 4,000 feet beneath the Gulf of Mexico, making it the deepest such recovery effort ever attempted in the gulf. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Chinese fishermen catch one of the worlds largest (and most docile) creatures - then cut it up for food. picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

A lifeguard in New York's Coney Island beach came to the rescue of a 2-foot sand shark that was being smacked and hit by frightened swimmers. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Mostly due to fishing for shark fin, another 9 species of shark have been added to the 126 already on the IUCN's Red List of endangered species. picked by pocksucket 6 months ago

SOLANA BEACH, Calif. - A shark, thought to be a great white, on Friday attacked and killed a 66-year-old swimmer who was training in the ocean off San Diego County with a group of triathletes, authorities said. picked by Magellan 4 months ago

A 52-year-old woman has fought off an attack by a white pointer shark at Byron Bay in northern NSW, escaping with bite wounds to her hand. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

A Coney Island lifeguard came to the rescue of a 2-foot sand shark that had spooked swimmers into lashing out at the fish, smacking and hitting it. picked by Maven 12 months ago

A fossilized shark that swallowed a crocodile-like amphibian that, in turn, had gobbled up a fish has now been unearthed. This exceptional find marks the first time scientists have found direct evidence of such a complex, extinct food chain. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Ralph the Whale Shark died this morning. The second death of a prized animal within the last ten days. picked by civicracer18c1 2 years ago

A tourist from Yorkshire has filmed what he claims to be a Great White Shark off the coast of Falmouth in Cornwall. Coastguards are saying that this is very unlikely, but they are also saying: "The poor tourist industry this year is having a really hard time. The last thing we need is scare-mongering over some footage." So I reckon they're a bit like the Mayor in Jaws. Can't find t... read full post picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

The guy who's customer died of a shark attack was warned seven months ago to immediately cease and desist conducting open-water, non-cage shark diving experiences with known species of potentially dangerous sharks. IMO he is guilty of criminally negligent homicide at the very least. picked by moe 6 months ago

Guiness World Record For Breastfeeding [video] picked by sbalaciu 1 year ago

Amazing pictures of a shark hunting a seal picked by kamaloo 9 months ago

The Paris-born, New York-based explorer had become a virtual shark, thanks to his new shark-shaped submarine. He uses the sub to dive incognito among the oceans' top predators, great white sharks. picked by tlovesd 2 years ago

Was Tidbit the blacktip reef shark the first shark to carry a hybrid baby, or was this another case of virgin birth (parthenogenesis)? picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

An Australian swimmer survived a great white shark attack by poking the creature in the eyes as it dragged him through the water after badly savaging his left leg. picked by jhordie 3 months ago

...and all they got was a lousy t-shirt. picked by kxmk 1 year ago

Famed undersea explorer Robert Ballard is leading a team of scientists heading into the Gulf of Mexico for a week long examination of Texas' ancient shoreline to see if anybody may have lived there. picked by Neiako 1 year ago