You may think that since sharks have noses, they use them for breathing. However, unlike mammals, they use them only to smell ...

Threshers are not named for the thrashing motion of their tail, as many assume. Instead, their name comes from a farming ...

A 16-foot thresher shark popped out of the water off the coast of Wales this week. It emerged from the water three times, according to photograph Joshua Pedley. mywildlifeposts/Instagram ...

Thresher sharks "are a popular eating fish," but "like a lot of species, they are declining," said Jon Dodd, executive director of the Atlantic Shark Institute in Wakefield.

QUEENS, N.Y. – A large thresher shark washed ashore at a New York City beach, and the shocking moment was all captured on camera. Zoe Berger was at Rockaway Beach in Queens on Monday when she ...

The recent accidental catch of a “very large” thresher shark off Rhode Island was fortuitous in that the shark was safely released and continues to provide researchers with important data.

A thresher shark was found washed up on Duxbury Beach on Thursday morning, officials said. Duxbury Beach Operations shared photos of the discovery, describing the shark being about 13 feet in length.

The thresher shark uses its long tail to ‘thrash’ through schools of fish, stunning them, then swimming back through and eating the stunned fish.” Seaside Aquarium staff performed a public ...

A vulnerable thresher shark got stuck Monday afternoon on Rockaway Beach — until a fearless beachgoer was able to drag the struggling fish back to the safety of its home in the deep.. The shark ...

The common thresher shark that washed up on Sunset Beach, Cape Town, South Africa. The shark was photographed by Alex Aitkenhead, who made the rare sighting. Alex Aitkenhead/www.alexaitkenhead.co.za ...

A 12-foot-long thresher shark was found dead on the shore of Duxbury Beach on Thursday morning, officials said. John Chisholm, an adjunct scientist at the New England Aquarium, ...