A Texas angler reeled in a colossal hammerhead shark from Corpus Christi at the water’s edge. Christian Haltermann, a resident of Kyle, battled the huge catch for over an hour off the shores of North Padre Island. “She took 700-800 yards of line on the first run. After the initial run, she started to head […]
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Hammerhead chases fish eerily close to beachgoers in St. Pete a day before 3 injured in shark attacks
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — A hammerhead shark was caught chasing tarpons eerily close to beachgoers in St. Petersburg on Thursday, just a day before three people were hurt in two separate shark attacks on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Drone video, captured by kayak company See Through Canoe on June 6, shows the hammerhead chasing tarpons […]
Scientists discover possible hammerhead shark nursery in Ecuador’s Galapagos
QUITO (Reuters) – A team of researchers has discovered a potential breeding ground for smooth hammerhead sharks off an island in Ecuador’s Galapagos archipelago, in what would be a “very rare” sighting, the national park said in a statement on Thursday. The so-called “nursery” would be the first breeding site for smooth hammerheads, or Sphyrna […]
Rare access to hammerhead shark embryos reveals secrets of its unique head development
Scientists very rarely get access to most sharks, the development of their young or the nursery grounds where they grow. So seeing a hammerhead shark (Sphyrna tiburo) embryo, halfway through its five-month development, is very unusual. Access to growing embryos is key for developmental biologists like me as we try to understand the diversity of […]