Sharks like to swim near the surface of the water to get a tan because, it’s thought, darker skin gives them better camouflage. Plus it makes them look healthier and that little bit slimmer, you ...
Between eight and 14 feet but can reach up to 23 feet Using this method, scientists discovered Greenland sharks have a life expectancy of at least 272 years and could reach 392, give or take about ...
Insider interviewed marine biologist and doctoral student Amani Webber-Schultz to assess shark facts that in the movies ... would have made for a much less interesting movie.
John Long is a palaeontologist who has studied in depth the 450-million-year history of sharks. When Professor Long joined ABC Conversations he schooled Richard Fidler on some impressive facts ...
The basking shark’s scientific name, Cetorhinus maximus, roughly translates to “great-nosed sea monster” in Greek. In reality, these placid sharks, found the world over, are totally harmless.
Sharks have always been just as fascinating to us as they are frightening, as the long line of shark movies and documentaries going all the way back to Jaws (1975) is proof of. So with the latest ...