This shark's unusual name comes from the unusual shape of its head, an amazing piece of anatomy built to maximize the fish's ability to find its favorite meal: stingrays. A hammerhead shark uses its ...

A $5,000 reward is being offered for information relating to who killed a hammerhead shark in Florida. Hammerhead sharks are "prohibited species" in Florida waters, but that hasn't stopped people from ...

The shark was reportedly found on Tuesday, Aug. 26, on the sand of Carolina Beach in New Hanover County.

A 400-pound great hammerhead shark washed ashore in Satellite Beach on Monday. Researchers say it likely died from stress after being caught and released by a fisherman. The incident highlights the ...

Just in time for Shark Week! The Atlantic Shark Institute has achieved another milestone in Rhode Island shark research, tagging its first hammerhead shark in waters near Block Island. The hammerhead ...

Hammerhead sharks are consummate predators that use their oddly shaped heads to improve their ability to find prey. Their wide-set eyes give them a better visual range than most other sharks. And by ...

New research shows that some great hammerhead sharks are homebodies. Scientists studying great hammerheads around Andros in the Bahamas shark sanctuary have found that while some individuals migrate, ...

A whale watching cruise off the Oceanside coast captured a rare video of a hammerhead shark amid unseasonably warm Pacific ...

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“The heaviest great hammerhead shark ever recorded weighed a whopping 1280 pounds.” The great hammerhead shark is found in a variety of water depths such as shallow lagoons and coral reefs, and in ...