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A screenshot from the video showing a school of swimming fish.
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Bite Size: Bull Shark Predation of Tarpon

Follow a journey with satellite tags placed on bull sharks and tarpon. Both of...
Wed, 12/16/2015 - 09:38
A coral catshark
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Coral Catshark

Not all sharks are a dull gray: the coral catshark (Atelomycterus marmoratus), for...
Jaw of the goblin shark
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The Goblin Shark

The goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) is one of the creepier fish out there! It...
A strange looking frilled shark smiles at the camera.
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Frilled Shark

Is it an enormous eel? No—it's a shark! The frilled shark is named for its...
Blue-spotted stingrays use the help of cleaner fish to stay clean and healthy.
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Blue-spotted Stingray

The blue-spotted stingray (Taeniura lymma) doesn’t like to be covered in sand...
A thresher shark uses its unusual tail fin for swimming and hunting.
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The Thrashing Thresher Shark

A thresher shark’s long tail fin helps not only its swimming ability, but also...
Ever heard of a cookie-cutter shark (Isistius brasiliensis)? They look like your average shark—sort of menacing and streamlined—but their name comes from how they feed. They eat smaller animals (like squid) whole, but also take large, round cookie-cutt
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Cookie-cutter Shark

Ever heard of a cookie-cutter shark (Isistius brasiliensis)? They look like your...
Great White Shark breaching
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Great White Shark Breaching Sequence- Frame 3

Great White Sharks breach to hunt -- with split-second timing they grab an...
Great White Sharks breach to hunt -- with split-second timing they grab their prey in one swift snatch. Follow the whole breaching action in this slideshow.
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Breaching Great White Shark on the Hunt

It's hard to imagine a 2000-pound animal launching itself out of the water while...
A frame-by-frame view of a Great White Shark breach- frame 1.
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Breaching Sequence 1

Great White Sharks breach to hunt -- with split-second timing they grab an...
A frame-by-frame view of a Great White Shark breach.
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Breaching Sequence

Great White Sharks breach to hunt -- with split-second timing they grab an...
Researchers use underwater equipment to measure a skate (Bathyraja richardsoni) on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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Measuring a Skate on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

How does this skate (Bathyraja richardsoni) measure up? Researchers use underwater...

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