According to a recent study, twenty-three shark specimens were tested to confirm that a separate species in the family Sphyrnidae—what we commonly know as the hammerhead shark—exist. Upon first glance ...

Sphyrna alleni is a new hammerhead shark species named for the late Microsoft ... especially where destructive fishing gear such as gillnets are used and there is poor governance of the fisheries ...

The shovelbill shark can be found in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, from Brazil all the way up to Belize.

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

Gonzalez and the team visited shark fishing camps, collected specimens ... such as listing threatened species – including all the small hammerhead species – under the Convention on ...

New hammerhead shark named for late Microsoft co-founder ... was a collaborative effort between scientists and the Belizean fishing community: “The work to identify and document this new species ...

A terrified kayaker who was fishing off the Canary Islands ... according to a recently released video. The shark, as it turned out, was a hammerhead and although that species isn’t typically ...

Four strong ocean currents converge here, creating an upwelling of cold water and nutrients that bring fish and other animals ...

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

Because of unregulated fishing in Brazilian waters ... shark and the shovellbill shark are considered small hammerhead sharks. "It is imperative to study and protect small hammerhead shark ...

Also, reeling in fish faster might help. When scientists studied hammerhead sharks and tarpons in the Florida Keys, the researchers saw that depredation incidents dropped if the anglers brought th ...