In the boundless blue of the open ocean, few creatures command both beauty and power quite like the thresher shark. With a tail stretching almost as long as its body, this enigmatic predator turns ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sharks are here. The water temperature in the Gulf of Maine is well below average for this time of year, which should not ...

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 washed ...

Researchers from the University of Exeter are preparing to begin the UK's first scientific study of thresher sharks in waters ...

The pelagic thresher shark (Alopias pelagicus) is a highly migratory species found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific, often known for its long, whip-like tail. In response to the ...

Eight people were ferried ashore July 9 after a small thresher shark was spotted within a private swimming area at Anthony’s ...

A 14-foot-long thresher shark died Tuesday after becoming stranded in shallow water off the coast of Massachusetts. The New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance (NECWA), a nonprofit organization that ...

Capt. Chris Brown was off Block Island fishing for scup, a small fish that weighs about a pound, when something much bigger landed on his deck: a 500-pound, 16-foot-long common thresher shark. The big ...

O'Sullivan, who lives in Brick and has contributed to the fishing reports in the past, told the Asbury Park Press that he was traveling at 25 knots Saturday morning on his way from the Axel Carlson ...