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 ...

A kayaker in Tazacorte, Canary Islands, captured a frightening encounter with a hammerhead shark circling his kayak. Reacting quickly, the local paddler took action as the hammerhead shark approached.

Research typically focuses on the large, iconic hammerheads, but very little research exists on the scalloped bonnethead—the smallest of the nine recognized hammerhead species—which is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

A kayaker in the Canary Islands used his paddle to fight off a hammerhead shark that persistently approached him. Juan José ...

A new species of hammerhead shark has been discovered in the Western Atlantic, after a specimen thought to be a bonnethead shark (Sphyrna tiburo) was found to have a distinctive head shape, a larger ...

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