Fish
Fish are an incredibly diverse group of animals. Read these articles to find out about all kinds of unique and different fish.
Rainbow Shark: Closer to a Minnow Than a Great White
The Biggest Catfish Ever Caught (So Far)
Pacu Fish: The Piranha Cousin With Human-like Teeth
Swordfish vs. Marlin (Yes, They're Different Fish)
The Wolf Eel Can Chomp on Sand Dollars and Sea Urchins
The Ghost Shark Thrives in Oceans More Than 2,000 Feet Deep
Deep Blue: Shark of IMAX-worthy Proportions
South Padre Island Shark Attack: A Nightmarish July 4
Do Sharks Lay Eggs? Surprisingly Not a 'Yes or No' Question
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Mellow probably isn't the first word that you think of when it comes to sharks, but these slackers of the sea could change your mind. What's their life of leisure like?
Great whites are the flashy man-eaters of the silver screen. But bull sharks may be the most dangerous, with a dinner menu that sometimes consists of sloths, dogs and cows. What can you say? They're opportunists.
Sharks can have up to 15 rows of teeth growing behind their front row of chompers, so it's no surprise how many shark teeth litter beaches. But why do people collect them?
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You don't reign supreme over the marine food chain without acute senses that can smell blood or hear injured prey from great distances. And sometimes a "sixth sense" doesn't hurt either.
Have you ever been so hungry that you could eat anything? How about a hubcap? Or maybe a suit of armor? If you said "yes," you might have something in common with the second deadliest shark.
Sharks are an intelligent and sometimes dangerous species of saltwater fish. Learn more about these often feared, often misunderstood creatures of the deep in this gallery.
The oldest shark fossils date from more than 300 million years ago, before the dinosaurs. A few species have kept the same physical characteristics for more than 150 million years. How have they survived so well?
By Tom Harris