The researchers first observed a group of sand tiger sharks in an aquarium, where they witnessed mating activity that resulted in severe injury to a female. The deepest wound cut through the ...

A man was sentenced to a total of five years in prison Friday for the fatal hit-and-run of an 8-year-old boy in Chesapeake. The former assistant director of a Newport News facility has been ...

Sand tiger sharks, also known as gray nurse sharks, have a deceivingly ferocious look. They are large-bodied and display a mouthful of sharp teeth that protrude in all directions, even when the ...

The deepest injuries cut through the female's skin down to the muscle ... They analysed 2,876 pictures of 686 individual sand tiger sharks taken between 2015 and 2020. These images revealed ...

In February, a keeper spotted fetal movement in the swollen abdomen of a female sand tiger shark at Aqua World, showing that she was pregnant. Aquarium staff in March began watching over the shark ...

In aquariums, injuries to a female healed completely within 85 ... this fascinating possibility The study sheds light on sand tiger shark mating and gestation. It also highlights the importance ...

are thought to be even faster. Youngest shark to bite a human: A marine biologist, while probing the uterus of a pregnant sand tiger shark, was bitten by an unborn pup. The strongest shark bite ...

Shark sex is a bitey business, with males grasping females with their teeth during the act. The resulting wounds are helping scientists to figure out when and where sharks are doing the deed.