MIAMI (CBSMiami) – What does a Gray reef shark do when it's tired of swimming? It goes surfing. According to Florida International University marine scientist Yannis Papastamatiou, they're not seeking ...

The grey reef shark is characterized by its slender body, grey coloration, and prominent white fin tips. In the face of the escalating global biodiversity crisis, scientists are racing against time to ...

This eight--foot-long, 300-pound shark is quite rare in the main Hawaiian Islands, but there are a pair of them that live in Hanalei Bay. They are more common around the islands of Ni‘ihau and ...

Sharks hold a special place in the hearts and minds of many people and, more importantly, they keep marine ecological systems healthy by keeping fish populations in check. But one type of shark found ...

Predators in perpetual motion, sleepless in our seas. If that’s your image of sharks, you are not alone. And for good reason: we once believes that sharks must keep swimming to breathe. Since then, ...

Source: NOAA Photo Library, via Wikimedia Commons. At the southern end of Fakarava Atoll, a reserve in French Polynesia, is a narrow channel connecting the lagoon to the ocean. It is the hunting ...

Did you know that when a gray reef shark wants to rest — it goes surfing? This type of shark species can’t stop swimming; it’s how they breathe. If they stop, they’ll sink. (the animals are ...

While diving off the coast of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, wildlife photographer Stephane Robert came across something unusual. Swimming into view was a large gray reef shark, unlike any she had ...

We can’t quite say sharks can be friends, but new evidence is showing us that sharks form social bonds with others and can work together — to a degree. Gray reef sharks regularly meet up together in ...

Grey reef sharks hang out with the same “friends” in the same spot for years, a four-year study at the remote Palmyra Atoll in the Pacific Ocean has revealed. “We don’t think of sharks as social ...

TACOMA, Wash. — Take a dive into the world of sharks and discover their biology, while also learning how to protect these animals in the wild with Point Defiance Zoo's Eye-to-Eye Shark Dives. Since ...