(Natural News) For most of us, a trip to the beach would normally involve lounging around on the sand and wading in the cool waters. For marine biologist Jeremiah Sullivan, a trip to the beach involves something far more extreme: thrusting his arm inside a shark’s gaping, teeth-lined mouth. Sullivan rose to prominence in the […]

(Natural News) A typical beach stroll usually ends with someone finding a few pretty seashells, coral fragments and colorful beach glass. One man, however, found something prehistoric after going on what was supposed to be an ordinary beach stroll with his family. According to Harvey Wall, he and his family were looking for seashells when […]

(Natural News) In the movies, sharks threaten humans, especially if they rode tornadoes inland. In real life, however, it’s the other way around: Human commercial fishing threatens to drive sharks and their relatives, rays, into extinction. A U.K. team counted the number of sharks and rays accidentally caught by small-scale fisheries in the South West […]

(Natural News) Humankind’s destructive actions have driven many of the strangest-looking chimeras, rays, and sharks to the edge of extinction. London-based researchers warned that the impending loss of these ancient animals will be massive blows to biological diversity and evolutionary history. The critically endangered species include the biggest and smallest sharks in the world and […]