It was identified as a 5-foot, 5-inch sandbar shark, a species known “to make seasonal movements between nursery grounds and offshore areas based on time of year,” according to NOAA Fisheries ...

Sand tiger sharks, also known as gray nurse sharks, have a deceivingly ferocious look. They are large-bodied and display a mouthful of sharp teeth that protrude in all directions, even when the ...

A huge 14ft (4.2m) smalltooth sand tiger shark has washed up in County Wexford in the Republic of Ireland. Scientists believe this is the first official record of this rare species in Irish waters.

A man was found guilty this week of keeping sharks in an above-ground 15-foot pool in the basement of his home in New York state with the intent to sell them. Authorities discovered seven sandbar ...

Requiem sharks, which include blacktip, spinner and sandbar sharks, are most commonly involved in attacks in Florida. Do you have a tip on a science story that Newsweek should be covering?

OARAI, Ibaraki Prefecture--A sand tiger shark was born at the Aqua World Ibaraki Prefectural Oarai Aquarium here, the first successful breeding of the species in Japan. Only four other aquariums ...

NOAA Fisheries is accepting applications from commercial fishermen with Atlantic shark directed or incidental permits for participation in the 2025 shark research fishery.

“We have four species on display here in our shark habitat. We have our sand tiger sharks, our brown or sandbar sharks, our nurse shark, and a zebra shark. And then if you come experience our ...