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

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

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

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...