The thresher shark, a marvel of natural engineering, utilizes its exceptionally long tail as a powerful weapon, stunning prey ...

Scientifically speaking, the term "tail" usually refers to a flexible extension of the backbone, so it’s inherently a vertebrate feature, containing bones and often linked to the spine.

HARTFORD, Conn. — When most people think of sharks, their minds go to deep-sea expeditions or the movie "Jaws." But for two Connecticut fishermen, it became a real-life experience on a small boat in ...

Aug. 8 (UPI) --A pair of Connecticut anglers may have broken a state record when they reeled in a 16-foot thresher shark they estimated to weigh about 700 pounds. Ed Lovely and Moe Giovanni said they ...

Common thresher sharks like the 700-pound, potential state record-setting fish caught off the Connecticut coast recently have not been well studied compared to other shark species, a scientist with ...

HAMPTON, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) - A fisherman in Connecticut is expecting to set a new state record with his latest catch. Edwin Lovely said he caught what appears to be at least a 700-pound shark ...

HARTFORD, Conn. — When most people think of sharks, their minds go to deep-sea expeditions or the movie "Jaws." But for two Connecticut fishermen, it became a real-life experience on a small boat in ...