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Life at a South Pacific shark nursery
A shark nursery in French Polynesia is home to blacktip and lemon sharks.
Different types of sharks and their behaviors
Overview of several shark species, including the lemon, tiger, and hammerhead sharks.
Sharks and their essential roles in coral reefs
Overview of various Pacific coral reef sharks, notably the blacktip reef shark, gray...
Grey reef sharks in coral reef ecosystems
Learn about the grey (or gray) reef shark, including its mating behaviours.
The mysteries of the megalodon shark
The natural history of the megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon), a gigantic...
Into the wild: Studying the behavior of great white sharks
White sharks have been neither bred nor raised in captivity, and, thus, what biologists...
The long life span of the Greenland shark
Overview of the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus), which is the...
The comeback of elephant seals on Guadalupe Island
Learn about the elephant seals of Guadalupe Island, off the northwestern coast of...
Diving with sharks: Insights from a free diver
Watch a skin (free) diver tag lemon sharks in the waters off Moorea, French Polynesia.
Why did the megalodon shark go extinct?
Video overview of the possible causes of the megalodon's extinction.
How cleaner fish help maintain coral reefs
Learn about cleaner fish and remora, two fishes often found in coral reefs.
Diving into the biodiversity of Malpelo Island's underwater world
The waters off Malpelo Island, Colombia, are home to a diverse marine life, which...
Meet the manta rays, barracudas, sharks, sperm and right whales, and seals in their natural habitat
Underwater footage of manta rays, barracudas, sharks, sperm and right whales, seals,...
Watch Marcello Barenghi, a hyperrealist artist drawing a great white shark
Time-lapse video of hyperrealist artist Marcello Barenghi drawing a great white shark...
Images
shortfin mako shark
Shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus), found throughout tropical and temperate...
Richard Robinson—Cultura/age fotostock
bull shark
Bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) inhabit tropical and subtropical oceans...
© Rob Atherton/Shutterstock.com
smooth dogfish
Smooth dogfish (Mustelus canis).
George Whiteley—The National Audubon Society Collection/Photo Researchers
bigeye thresher shark (Alopias superciliosus)
Many species of sharks, including bigeye thresher sharks (such as the one pictured...
NOAA
white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
White shark (Carcharodon carcharias) populations are frequently centred...
© Jeffrey L. Rotman
basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus
The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is the second largest fish in the...
Greg Skomal/NOAA Fisheries Service
tooth size comparison: megalodon and modern great white shark
Megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon) tooth (right), significantly larger than...
Jeff Rotman/Alamy
Greenland shark
A Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) under the ice in Lancaster Sound...
WaterFrame/Alamy
Sharks such as hammerheads have sensitive structures called electroreceptors embedded...
John Bazemore/AP Images
Indonesian speckled carpet shark (Hemiscyllium freycineti)
Indonesian speckled carpet sharks (Hemiscyllium freycineti) inhabit the...
WaterFrame/Alamy
zebra shark (Stegostoma fasciatum)
The range of the zebra shark (Stegostoma fasciatum) extends from the Red...
© Placebo365—iStock/Getty Images Plus
embryos of different animals
The embryos of many animals appear similar to one another in the earliest stages...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon)
Megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon) was a species of shark that lived during...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Patrick O'Neill Riley
types of fish scales
Scales and scale configurations of representative bony and cartilaginous fishes....
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
megalodon size
Studies estimate that the body mass of adult megalodons (Carcharocles megalodon)...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Patrick O'Neill Riley
Whale shark (Rhincodon typus).
Painted especially for Encyclopædia Britannica by Tom Dolan, under the supervision of Loren P. Woods, Chicago Natural History Museum
white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
Most white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) weigh between 680 and 1,800 kg...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Patrick O'Neill Riley
Interactives
All About Sharks.
Explore the evolution and conservation of these predators of the deep in our interactive.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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