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Sharks visit underwater spas for dead skin removal

Last Updated: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 00:20

Sharks are visiting underwater `spas` where they undergo cleansing to get rid of unwanted parasites.

Some sharks navigate to specific locations up to 50km away

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 2, 2011, 12:52

Study has shown that some shark species are able to navigate to specific locations up to 50km away.

Sharks are colour-blind: Study

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 00:41

Sharks may be unable to distinguish between colours, according to a lab study published on Tuesday that could benefit swimmers, surfers and sharks themselves.

More than a million Atlantic sharks killed yearly

Last Updated: Monday, November 22, 2010, 10:26

At least 1.3 million sharks, many listed as endangered, were harvested from the Atlantic in 2008 by industrial-scale fisheries unhampered by catch or size limits.

Gulf oil displaced, killed whale sharks?

Last Updated: Sunday, September 26, 2010, 11:29

If whale sharks have ingested oil, there is a good possibility that they died and sank to the bottom.

DNA profiling of Whale Sharks to begin soon in Gujarat

Last Updated: Monday, September 6, 2010, 11:42

The DNA profiling of Whale Sharks frequenting the state`s coast will begin soon in Gujarat.

I`m terrified of sharks: Jessica Simpson

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 11, 2010, 12:21

American singer Jessica Simpson says she is scared of sharks and did not swim in the sea during a recent holiday on a yacht.

Sharks near US beaches create panic

Last Updated: Sunday, July 18, 2010, 09:24

Two sharks were seen about 50 feet from shore at South Seaside Park Beach.

How sharks sniff out their prey

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 11:07

Sharks have a keen sense of smell and a remarkable ability to follow their noses through the ocean.

The secret behind sharks sniffing out their prey

Last Updated: Friday, June 11, 2010, 17:32

It`s no secret that sharks have a keen sense to smell their meal.

A nursery of extinct giant sharks discovered

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 19:10

In what is believed to be nursery of megalodons, an extinct giant shark species, has been discovered.

Virgin birth may be sharks` secret survival strategy

Last Updated: Saturday, May 1, 2010, 13:02

Parthenogenesis – a form of asexual reproduction found in females, where growth and development of embryos occurs without fertilization by a male – may be part of an extreme survival strategy for sharks, say researchers.