Experts have identified at least eight living shark species in the hammerhead family (although it’s possible that even more ...

The great hammerhead shark belongs to the Sphyrnidae family and is scientifically named Sphyrna mokarran, while the great white shark belongs to the Lamnidae family and is known scientifically as ...

“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 ...

Dr. Peter Klimley is a man who has held his breath and dived down 100 feet to hand-tag hammerhead sharks with a dart gun. He has even dressed up as a killer whale, complete with towering black ...

The measures apply to the requiem shark family which includes tiger sharks, as well as to six small hammerhead sharks. The sharks are being pushed to the edge of extinction by the trade in fins to ...

Almost 20 years ago schools of hundreds of hammerhead sharks were seen at the seamount of El Bajo. Since then, the population has seen a decline. Worldwide many tens of millions, possibly over 100 ...

(CN) — Technically speaking, scalloped hammerhead sharks hold their breath during deep dives. In fact, they must do so to survive. Scalloped hammerhead sharks hunt for prey in the ocean depths where ...