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More great white sharks are stranding on Canadian beaches than usual, which could be a sign that the population of this threatened species is rising.

The painted hornshark is only found in the deep waters of northeastern Australia.

Thanks to a yellow pigment that filters out sunlight, barreleyes can't be fooled by a common deep-sea camouflage tactic.

For the first time, scientists have estimated the abundance of great white sharks off the coast of Cape Cod.

Fishers who reeled in the swordfish said they regularly catch fish with cookiecutter shark bites, but this is the first time they have seen a creature covered in dozens of fresh, oozing wounds.

The shark attacked the 60-year-old man off Hilton Head Island where, two years ago, a shark also bit a lifeguard who was checking water conditions in the shallows.

The invasive fish, known as a pacu, originates from South America and has evolved human-like gnashers to accommodate its varied diet.

"Alien Sharks: Strange New Worlds" — part of the Discovery Channel's Shark Week — gives viewers an extraordinarily rare insight into how sharks mate in the wild.

Shark Week show delves into whether sharks off the coast of Florida are coming into contact with the huge quantities of cocaine that get dumped in these waters.