Mako sharks are some of the most elusive sharks in the world. Because mako sharks prefer the open ocean to the shallower areas near the shoreline, less is known about them than about other species.

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Mako shark swimming near the surface out in the open ocean. This image was taken on a baited shark dive 50 kms offshore past Western Cape. The tagging was part of the White Shark Chase initiative, ...

You've probably never seen shark footage quite like this. Fly fishing Captain Mark Martin recorded video of his fishing group hooking a mako shark, and it subsequently breaching out of the water as it ...

Like the intrepid fishermen in “Jaws,” these anglers in Whitianga, New Zealand are definitely going to need a bigger boat. No doubt attracted by their bait, a giant mako leaped into the air and landed ...

Wrong turn on the turnpike? It appears to have been the case for a mako shark in Florida recently. The 10-12 foot sea creature was discovered in brackish North Lake in Hollywood, Fla., earlier this ...

To determine what could have eaten the porbeagle shark as it swam near Bermuda, the team narrowed down the list of large predators swimming in the same vicinity big enough to hunt porbeagles — ...

You may think that since sharks have noses, they use them for breathing. However, unlike mammals, they use them only to smell, not to breathe. Sharks are fish, so they do not have lungs, either. So ...

The Jaws poster is one of the most iconic pieces of art in movie history. It communicates so much with a single-word title and just two characters: an unsuspecting swimmer on the surface and the ...