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This new app will let Cape Cod beachgoers know if there is a shark swimming...

Great whites have been swimming near the coast of Cape Cod every summer since 2009. But this year, residents can use an app to track where these large sharks have been spotted. The Atlantic White Shark...

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Scientists have found a way to repel great white sharks

A wearable electric shark deterrent can effectively repel great white sharks, according to our independent tests of the device.The manufacturers of the A$749 Shark Shield Freedom 7TM say it works by...

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Watch a man propose to his girlfriend underwater surrounded by sharks

Sharks and fish surrounded this couple as they got engaged. It happened in Florida, USA, where more than 13 species of shark can be found.Produced by Claudia RomeoJoin the conversation about this story »

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South Africa’s great white sharks might soon be extinct

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa’s great white sharks could die out due to human interference, ocean pollution and a limited gene pool, a new study released on Wednesday showed.There are 350-520...

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Former NFL great Warren Sapp was bitten in the arm by a shark while trying to...

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers great Warren Sapp just wanted to catch some lobster — and then it all went wrong.Sapp was bitten by a shark.According to the Tampa Bay Times on Wednesday, Sapp was enjoying...

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There's a good reason great white sharks swim toward hurricanes

Around Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, the Gulf Stream veers east, flowing away from the coastline of the US and out into the Atlantic Ocean. Away from the stabilizing influence of the continent, the...

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16 ridiculous 'facts' about animals you should really stop repeating

Who hasn't shared an amazing science fact about sharks, cats, bats, ostriches, or other animals, only to feel embarrassed later on when you find out the information was wrong?No more.It's time to put...

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A photographer swam with sharks for 10 years to capture these stunning photos

Sharks often get a bad rap simply because people are afraid of them.But for photographer Michael Muller, sharks are fascinating, and they make for stunning  subjects in his photography series and book,...

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How a fishing protection created the area with the highest number of gray...

Over 100 million sharks are killed every single year as the high commercial value of their fins has led to illegal hunting.Scientists from the Shark Research Institute found that in the North Atlantic,...

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Scientists just found out something disturbing about a massive ancient...

Aodhán Ó Gogáin, a PhD candidate in the School of Natural Sciences at Ireland's Trinity College, uncovered an interesting new bit of information about a 300-million-year-old shark.  New fossils of...

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Watch a man propose to his girlfriend underwater surrounded by sharks

Sharks and fish surrounded this couple as they got engaged. It happened in Florida, USA, where more than 13 species of shark can be found.Produced by Claudia RomeoJoin the conversation about this story »

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A 400-year-old shark in Greenland might be the world’s oldest living vertebrate

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Greenland shark, a big and slow-moving deep-ocean predator that prowls the frigid waters of the Arctic and North Atlantic, can claim the distinction of being the planet's...

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This 400-year-old shark is the oldest vertebrate animal on Earth, scientists say

Scientists believe they have discovered the oldest vertebrate animal on Earth: a female Greenland shark that lived to be nearly 400 years old.The shark, which measures over 16 feet in length, lived for...

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A shark just set the record for the longest-living animal of its kind on...

If humans have any hope of living forever, we should probably take a hint from the dozens of other animals on Earth that far outpace our measly 71 years. These long-lived animals aren't limited to a...

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Scientists just discovered the world's oldest shark, and it's ancient

A team of biologists just discovered a shark that lived for around 400 years. That's twice as long as giant tortoises. By the time the biologists measured the shark's age, it was already dead. However,...

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Researchers think they've found a great white shark nursery right off the...

There are few places in the world where it's possible to find a baby great white shark.We've known that nurseries for these mysterious and far-swimming creatures can be found off the coasts of South...

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This boat lets you leap out of water just like a killer whale

Riding a motorboat can be fun. But riding one that can dive underwater and jump out of it 20 feet high is exhilarating. A recreational boat manufacturing company, Innespace Productions, has created a...

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This other-worldly 'ghost shark' has been captured on camera for the first time

It looks like something out of a horror movie, with two dead eyes peering out of a pale patchwork of flesh, but that's a perfectly happy 'ghost shark' — otherwise known as a spookfish — cruising about...

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5 survival myths that could get you killed

Do you have what it takes to survive in the wild? These are common misconceptions when it comes to surviving in the wilderness.Original reporting by Kevin Loria, Dragan Radovanovic.Follow Tech Insider:...

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This big shark that washed up by a road is the only reminder you'll ever need...

Ex-tropical cyclone Debbie has left its mark on Queensland after making landfall on Tuesday.Thousands of residents have had their homes ruined. Other are without power.Destructive winds have seen...

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