Sand Tiger sharks and a barracuda swim in a tank at the Florida Aquarium exposing Floridas natural ecosystem on August 22, 2019, at Apollo Beach, Florida.

An FIU Ph.D. candidate and Belizean fisherman caught an unusual shark on their line while tagging tiger sharks near a coral reef in Belize this week. Skip Navigation. Share on Facebook; ...

This marks the first time a shark of its kind has been found in western Caribbean waters off the world’s second longest barrier reef. Devanshi Kasana, a Ph.D. candidate in the Florida International ...

When sharks are present near coral reefs, fish avoid the sharks by sticking close to the safety of the reef. This reduces grazing on seagrasses and algae across wide areas. There is still much to ...

These coral reef systems were Rowley Shoals, a marine reserve that is protected from fishing, and the nearby Scott Reefs, that has been ravaged by commercial shark fishing for centuries.

Tiger sharks can reach up to 14 feet (4.2 m) in length and capable of weighing 1,400 pounds (635 kg)! Assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as Near Threatened, they ...

The health of this coral reef in the Bahamas might depend on tiger sharks in ways not yet understood. Scientists in Australia found the predators kept grazers from degrading sea grass ecosystems.

Spotting a Greenland shark near a coral reef off Belize was certainly an unexpected surprise. But it's not unimaginable. This relatively little-known species is known to thrive in the deep seas in ...

[In Images: Tracking Tiger Shark Migrations in the Coral Sea ] "In the reef system in the center of the Coral Sea, 500 nautical miles [575 miles, or 930 kilometers] from either coastline, we saw ...

The reef's top nocturnal predators, the tiger shark, octopus, and eel, feed on these and other available prey. Many species have evolutionary adaptations that function to enhance survival in a ...

Tiger shark -> Green sea turtle Lurking around the edges of reefs during the day, tiger sharks ( Galeocerdo cuvier ) have evolved as highly aggressive "top" predators that grow at least 25 feet long.

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 30 - A tiger shark killed a 48-year-old Roman tourist in the Red Sea on Sunday, Egyptian authorities said ...