Predators in perpetual motion, sleepless in our seas. If that’s your image of sharks, you are not alone. And for good reason: we once believes that sharks must keep swimming to breathe. Since then, ...

Predators in perpetual motion. Sleepless in our seas. If that’s your image of sharks, you’re not alone. And for good reason: sharks must swim to breathe (or so we were told). The science of how sharks ...

Did you know that when a gray reef shark wants to rest — it goes surfing? This type of shark species can’t stop swimming; it’s how they breathe. If they stop, they’ll sink. (the animals are ...

The sharks that slay together stay together. While the killer fish can rarely be called friendly, a new study has revealed that gray reef sharks, a type known to attack humans, prefer to paint the ...

The Aquarium of the Pacific welcomed the grey reef shark to its Molina Animal Care Center Thursday, Nov. 15. During the unveiling, experts provided background on the reef shark and gave spectators a ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

Two male gray reef sharks were recently born at Maui Ocean Center; they currently reside in the Nursery Bay exhibit. -- Maui Ocean Center photo Exhibit curator, diver and aquarist, the Maui Ocean ...

We can’t quite say sharks can be friends, but new evidence is showing us that sharks form social bonds with others and can work together — to a degree. Gray reef sharks regularly meet up together in ...

Grey reef sharks hang out with the same “friends” in the same spot for years, a four-year study at the remote Palmyra Atoll in the Pacific Ocean has revealed. “We don’t think of sharks as social ...