Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While our fascination with and fear of sharks is relatively new, sharks themselves are ancient. They’ve been around so long that ...

Sharks might not be a natural biological group, with most species potentially closer kin to rays than to an oddball group of sharks.

Keep your eyes on the ocean, because something is coming. Sharkfest returns to National Geographic this summer with over 25 hours of shark-centered programming. The summer shark event kicks off July 5 ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Sharks are older than a surprising amount of things, both on Earth and in the rest of the universe. While sharks have seen evolutionary changes in ...

Sharks swim through our oceans like living relics that give a peek into the past, as these ancient mariners predate not just dinosaurs, but even the first trees on land, living through cosmic spins ...

Older than dinosaurs and trees, sharks have endured a lot throughout their 450 million years on Earth. They’ve even survived five mass extinctions, including the asteroid that wiped out 75% of life on ...

Researchers remark that the anatomy of this flatworm, preserved in amber for 99 million years, bears a remarkable resemblance to modern flatworms inhabiting shark intestines. Nearly 100 million years ...

NEW YORK -- If you think you're safe avoiding sharks by simply staying out of the water, think again. A few species of epaulette sharks have evolved to move their pectoral fins in the front and pelvic ...