Reef sharks are typically native to equatorial waters, but now Alaska will be home to at least one, albeit an atypical example of the species. The Coast Guard cutter Reef Shark, late of Puerto Rico, ...

Cookie-cutter sharks were once known as cigar sharks, because nobody knew just how they ate. Once a biologist discovered their secret, it explained the mysterious deep holes made in the equipment of ...

The fact that there is such a thing as a cookie-cutter shark — shaped like a cigar, no less — is not nearly as unnerving as the idea that its name is fitting. They are among the world’s “lesser-known ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Ouch. All bite and no bark. The first ever recorded instance of a human bitten by a ...

For one swimmer, a late night dip ended in a painful altercation with a cookie-cutter shark, the first documented case of the small shark nipping at a living human. But why did it happen? The attack ...

Great white shark with suspected cookie-cutter shark scars. Credit: G. del Villar/Pacific Science. Every year, between August and December, great white sharks arrive at the western coast of Mexico, ...

(Phys.org)—Researchers have discovered the great white shark, one of the most feared ocean predators, can occasionally become prey for the mysterious cookiecutter shark, a lone predator one-tenth its ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study co-authored by University of Florida researchers provides details on the first cookiecutter shark attack on a live human, a concern as warm summer waters attract more ...

It's Shark Week, so we wanted to tell you about some of our favorite sharks. My favorite is the cat-sized shark in the picture above — it doesn't look that intimidating, but its bite is quite fearsome ...

Here’s something for all you beachcombers this Fourth of July. Researchers have documented the first-ever case of a cookiecutter shark attacking a human. Although this shark maxes out at ~22 inches, ...

For one swimmer, a late night dip ended in a painful altercation with a cookie-cutter shark, the first documented case of the small shark nipping at a living human. But why did it happen? Subscribe to ...