THIS is the heart-dropping moment a kayaker has to use his paddle as a weapon to ward off a hammerhead shark. The local decided to act after seeing the beast circling him while he enjoyed a day ...

A new species of hammerhead shark has been discovered, and its namesake is the late Paul G. Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft and a well-known champion for marine conservation who played a ...

Dozens of shark species frequent Metro Vancouver waters...and a few are far from tiny. While people often gasp at the thought ...

AN ULTRA-luxury superyacht inspired by a hammerhead shark could be yours for £150 million. A state-of-the-art Feadship Concept C features a "flying" viewing deck where shipmates can recreate the ...

Florida International University (FIU) scientists have finally identified a new species of hammerhead shark years after first collecting samples, but the shark's official discovery comes as its ...

SEE MORE Florida International University researcher Cindy Gonzalez tags a hammerhead shark species called shovelbill, or Sphyrna alleni. (Mays Family Foundation Photo) Nine years after throwing ...

A kayaker in the Canary Islands used his paddle to fight off a hammerhead shark that persistently approached him. Juan José Afonso, from the island of La Palma, was fishing when the predator ...

The shark, as it turned out, was a hammerhead and although that species isn’t typically known for its aggressive behavior, they are strong enough to overturn a kayak without even trying.

"This study is the first of its kind for this species, the most threatened hammerhead shark in the world endemic to the eastern pacific," said Cardeñosa, corresponding author in the study.

Research started more than two decades ago by Demian Chapman, now the director of Mote Marine Laboratory’s Center for Shark Research, led to the discovery of a new species of hammerhead shark ...