A strange shark with a remarkably large tail was found washed up on a beach in South Africa in a "very rare" sighting. Wildlife photographers Alex and Juanita Aitkenhead stumbled across the shark's ...

Robyn White is a Newsweek Nature Reporter based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on wildlife, science and the environment. Robyn joined Newsweek in 2022 having previously worked at environmental ...

The pelagic thresher shark (Alopias pelagicus) is a highly migratory species found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific, often known for its long, whip-like tail. In response to the ...

A vulnerable thresher shark got stuck Monday afternoon on Rockaway Beach — until a fearless beachgoer was able to drag the struggling fish back to the safety of its home in the deep. The shark washed ...

The thresher shark, a marvel of natural engineering, utilizes its exceptionally long tail as a powerful weapon, stunning prey with rapid, whip-like strikes. This unique adaptation, enabled by ...

After years of delay, Mexico has finally banned the capture and retention of several threatened shark species, bringing ...

The afternoon of July 30, Connecticut anglers Ed Lovely (blue shirt) and Moe Giovanni hooked a heavy shark in Long Island Sound in about 40-foot depths. "I was using a 30W Okuma reel spooled with ...