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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 ...

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 ...

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 hammerhead shark species discovered by FIU scientists finally has a name and its namesake is the late Paul G. Allen, philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft.

A hammerhead shark species discovered by FIU scientists finally has a name and its namesake is the late Paul G. Allen, ...

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 ...

23 in the peer-reviewed journal Zootaxa. Researchers suspected these animals were being misidentified as a known species of hammerhead shark. To investigate, they analyzed the body shape ...

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.