Sand tiger sharks, also known as gray nurse sharks, have a deceivingly ferocious look. They are large-bodied and display a mouthful of sharp teeth that protrude in all directions, even when the ...

Scientists have calculated the water temperature at which tiger sharks are most active and abundant. They say the sharks, which are second only to great whites in attacking people, prefer a balmy 22C.

a patchwork of sand, sea grass, and coral reef that began attracting divers about a decade ago. It’s prime habitat for tiger sharks and has ideal conditions for viewing them. The water is 20 to ...

OARAI, Ibaraki Prefecture--A sand tiger shark was born at the Aqua World Ibaraki Prefectural Oarai Aquarium here, the first successful breeding of the species in Japan. Only four other aquariums ...

Docile Predator ― Sand Tiger Shark, Japan The Darwin crew joins a survey team as it tries to unlock the secrets of the docile and endangered sand tiger shark in the wild.

Is it true that the best way to defend yourself against a shark is to punch its nose? To improve your chances of surviving a shark attack, we spoke with George Burgess, director of the Florida ...

The juvenile sand tiger shark was found by a woman walking along a Marshfield beach on Saturday — who reported the injured shark to scientist John Chisholm. The protected shark had reportedly ...

Often referred to as “dustbins of the ocean” Tiger sharks are known for eating some strange things and are often thought of as mindless eating machines. But in actual fact, these sharks are ...

Steve Backshall meets the most ravenous shark in the sea, the tiger shark. Known for eating tin cans and even car number plates, these sharks are in fact perfectly honed hunters.

A huge 14ft (4.2m) smalltooth sand tiger shark has washed up in County Wexford in the Republic of Ireland. Scientists believe this is the first official record of this rare species in Irish waters.

Embryos of other sharks survive by feeding on their smaller siblings. This is called intrauterine cannibalism or sometimes as embryophagy ('embryo eating'). This is known to occur in sand tiger sharks ...