Research has shown that pelagic sharks tend to have longer, narrower fins compared to their benthic relatives, which typically possess shorter, rounded fins. A key to understanding how sharks navigate ...

An international, multi-university research team, including scientists from Columbus State University, has unearthed a crucial new piece of the puzzle in the evolution of sharks. A recent study ...

Learn how newly discovered vertebrae from a 6- to 8-meter shark pushes the origin of mega-predators back by 15 million years. The ancient seafloor around what is now Darwin, Australia, once teemed ...

The ancient seafloor around what is now Darwin, Australia, once teemed with Cretaceous sea monsters - long-necked plesiosaurs, torpedo-shaped fish-lizards, and massive bony fish cruised the southern ...