Though the Whitetip Reef Shark is known for stealing fish, it can stay without food for 6 weeks. Spear fishers may often encounter it when it lunges at them to steal their catch. Learn more about this shark that’s now officially a threatened species.
Adidas and Parley have come together in an eco-innovation drive to tackle plastic ocean waste. They are making football kits and footwear from upcycled plastic ocean waste. Marine plastic waste kills thousands of sea animals including sharks yearly.
The Zebra Shark is distinctly beautiful, harmless to humans, and it’s one of the few sharks where females can reproduce without mating. Sadly, this shark is one of many Endangered shark species today.
Shark lovers and divers will be glad to read our pick of the top 5 spots for meeting basking sharks. Honestly, what’s not to love about getting close to these gentle giants of the sea?
Learn about the awesome history of sharks and how these creatures have been able to adapt and survive conditions that killed off many prehistoric life forms. Their survival tactics were endless, from a prehistoric shark that had saw-like dentition to another one that can walk on land.
According to scientific research, sharks have personalities too. While some are shy and fearless, others are bold risk-takers that do not hesitate to explore new territories.
Though powerful and dangerous-looking, the Sand Tiger Shark generally avoids humans and is one of the shark species with embryos that eat each other. Read more about it here.
The Pacific Sleeper Shark may be a slow, elusive, and quiet swimmer, but it has one of the most powerful bites of all shark species.
Tiger Sharks have earned the nickname the “garbage can of the sea.” They are so open-minded when it comes to food that you may find it hard to believe some of the things they’ve eaten. It appears they will eat literally anything they can find. You’ll need to watch the accompanying video in this post to believe it for yourself.
Though Shark Week 2017 is officially over, don’t despair! You can still encounter these awesome creatures elsewhere. Here’s our compilation of the most memorable sharks in video games.
The blue shark is the most heavily fished shark in the world. It’s been hunted so much that it’s now listed as Near Threatened despite its high and fast birth rate. What are the major threats to this beautiful shark? Find out here.
The Swell Shark is a biofluorescent species that has developed an interesting strategy for escaping predators and other perceived threats. Here are the facts about this animal as well as a video of it glowing in the dark.