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

The largest shark is a whale shark, which can reach 60 feet in length and weigh 20.6 tons. The megalodon is the largest shark ...

A sub-species of the thresher shark family, the bigeye thresher, is classified as endangered in most of the Atlantic Ocean. But common Atlantic thresher sharks show up around this part of the ...

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 ...

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 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 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.

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, ...

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.

The thresher shark sighting incident amid other sightings at Rockaway Beach, a popular spot for New Yorkers. Fox 5 reported that parts of the beach were closed but eventually reopened to the ...