The evolution of the shark is not what most people would expect. Instead of sharks evolving from a massive predator, the ...

Now, scientists are peering inside shark skeletons at the nanoscale, revealing a microscopic "sharkitecture" that helps these ancient apex predators withstand extreme physical demands of constant ...

Despite not having bones, sharks can grow pretty large. There’s the aforementioned whale shark, roughly the size of a bowling lane, but let's not forget the basking shark, also something of a colossus ...

Looks like “Jaws” can get an origin story. Paleontologists discovered fossils of an ancient “shark” species now known to have swam the Earth hundreds of millions of years ago during the ...

Using synchrotron X-ray nanotomography with detailed 3D imaging and in-situ mechanical testing, researchers are peering inside shark skeletons at the nanoscale, revealing a microscopic ...

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