One of a blacktip reef sharks’ top teeth as seen under a scanning electron microscope. CREDIT: Maximilian Baum (HHU) / Steffen Köhler (HHU). Get the Popular ...

Climate change is causing the oceans to become notably more acidic. This could become a problem for sharks, as a team of biologists headed by Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) has discovered.

Climate Change May Blunt Jaws' Bite By 'Ruining Sharks' Teeth’. It’s not just humans who have to watch out for acidic drinks - as new evidence shows that the acidifying oceans are ruining sharks’ ...

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Sharks continually shed and regrow teeth throughout their lives, replacing worn or lost teeth with new ones. That makes them particularly good at catching prey. However, these top marine predators ...

These wetsuits come with a built-in shark shield. New bite-resistant wetsuits reduce damage from the multirowed chompers of white and tiger sharks, researchers report September 25 in Wildlife Research ...

A young surfer released his foot from the maw of a shark after being dragged off his surfboard off a Florida beach on Friday. The surfer, 18-year-old Sam Hollis, was on the water off the coast of New ...