Shark attacks, in general, are quite rare. You’ve heard the statistics, like recently from actor Chris Hemsworth, who mused: ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why do hammerhead sharks have hammer-shaped ...

“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 ...

CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. (WECT/Gray News) – A great hammerhead shark was found washed up on a beach in North Carolina on Tuesday. A spokesperson with the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality ...

While many sharks hunt for small, abundant prey when looking for a meal, great hammerheads have a supersized strategy with some big payoffs - eat other sharks. For a long time, scientists have ...

The hammerhead shark is one of the most well known animals in the ocean. This shark is actually a whole group of sharks with several different species. The largest of them is the great hammerhead, ...