Image via Shutterstock A Florida man got more than he bargained for when he went fishing in the Everglades. Although the area is known for alligators, he was bitten by a shark. It was a surprise ...

In a nutshell A new study finds that about 5% of shark bites in French Polynesia occurred after humans provoked the animals, ...

These sharks may come closer to shore, entering brackish estuaries and rivers in order to mate and birth pups, according to ...

Gruber: I wrote a paper with Neil Schneiderman in 1975 demonstrating that lemon sharks learn faster and retain a conditioned response longer than a cat or rabbit. Sharks and their large-brained ...

Researchers in New Zealand found that a small species of shark makes noises with their teeth when touched by humans — and now researchers want to look further into how and why sharks make this noise.

Locals often refer to the relatively small sharks, which grow up to five feet long, as "lemon fish" (not to be confused with much more formidable lemon sharks) — or simply "rigs." Lead author ...

Average swimming speed of a shark: About a yard per second Fastest clocked speed: In sudden, brief bursts, the lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostrus) can attain speeds approaching 20 mph ...

Lemon sharks are viviparous, in that they give birth to live young, so when a pup is born it is already a fully formed miniature shark. The mother will risk stranding herself in shallow waters to ...

blacktip reef sharks, lemon sharks and nurse sharks. Larger species, such as great whites, also bite in self defence - but humans usually don't approach them due to their imposing appearance.

The lemon shark scours the sandy sea bed for food, but how does it get a good grip on hidden prey? Steve heads to the Bahamas in the Caribbean to dive with these feisty sharks. Steve Backshall ...

In 1942, a diver had his carotid artery severed while swimming near a shark he thought had been killed by a harpoon shot. In 1977, a diver mistakenly harpooned a lemon shark, confused with a less ...