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 ...

Scientists very rarely get access to most sharks, the development of their young or the nursery grounds where they grow. So seeing a hammerhead shark (Sphyrna tiburo) embryo, halfway through its ...

Divers on a shallow checkout dive in the Galapagos Islands were surprised to see two large and curious hammerhead sharks show up. As the divers rested on the sand and watched the fish and the sea ...

A species of shark not often seen in New England is becoming an increasingly popular sight in the waters off Massachusetts. Smooth hammerhead sharks are being reported by fishermen and recreational ...

“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 ...

A Corpus Christi fishing guide scored big for his clients after helping them hook a 10-foot-8-inch hammerhead shark near Bob Hall Pier on Tuesday, September 23. Tristan Bardin, also known as Sharka ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a hammerhead shark. A group of disc golfers witnessed a baby hammerhead shark fall from the sky while in the middle of a game in Myrtle Beach, ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Typically you have to pay to swim with the sharks, but a group of hammerheads gave some beachgoers in Pensacola a free show. The day at the beach turned into a trip of a lifetime ...