A new study based on two decades of data shows what happens in an ocean ecosystem without great white sharks. Great white ...

For decades, sharks were seen as silent hunters. A groundbreaking discovery reveals they’ve been “speaking” all along and the ...

The first-ever sounds of sharks have been captured by researchers, according to a new study in the journal Royal Society Open Science.

The clicking behaviour has been described in the new study as the first documented case of a shark deliberately making sound ...

So, it came as a surprise to researchers when the juvenile rig sharks they were handling in a test tank produced noises. Rig, or spotted estuary smoothhound sharks, are native to New Zealand and ...

A small shark from New Zealand, called a rig or spotted estuary smoothhound, grows rows of flattened teeth (image below) that can crack crustaceans for food and, perhaps, make communicative sounds.

Not all sharks are big and scary, though. A NOAA biologist found this tiny pocket shark off the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, only the second one that's ever been seen. It weighs about as much as ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Up to 50 smooth-hound sharks were spotted in shallow, intertidal waters off the coast of West Sussex, England. RSPB warden Peter Hughes, said the sight was ...

A number of smooth-hound sharks were left on the shore in Xlendi to be sold after being accidentally caught as bycatch by a fisherman. In a social media post, marine biologist Alan Deidun insisted ...

A woman who spotted a shark in the River Stour was "amazed" by the unusual sighting. Emma Tella, 34, saw the metre-long smooth-hound in the tidal stretch of the river at Manningtree, Essex on 2 July.

The study, published Wednesday, found that the rig shark -- also known as the spotted estuary smoothhound -- produces clicking sounds when handled, according to the study. "Sharks are maybe not as ...