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a larger shark and smaller one photographed from below near the surface
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17 fascinating images from the 2025 Shark Photographer of the Year awards

By Popular Science Team

Steven Spielberg, director of ‘Jaws,’ films the mechanical shark on set.
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50 years of the ‘Jaws effect’

By Laura Baisas

a leopad seal with its mouth wide open
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15 riveting images from the 2025 UN World Oceans Day Photo Competition

By Popular Science Team

Hammerhead shark in water
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Osprey drops hammerhead shark onto disc golf field

By Andrew Paul

A female oceanic whitetip shark seen feeding on the carcass.
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Sharks surprise scientists by sharing a meal

By Laura Baisas

Mako shark swimming with orange octopus on its back
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Shark’s ‘mystery hat’ turns out to be a giant octopus

By Andrew Paul

Close up of lemon shark
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Megalodon may have been ‘even longer’ than we thought

By Andrew Paul

a cuttlefish swimming in the ocean
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Cuttlefish ink can help keep sharks away from humans

By Laura Baisas

Killer whale breaching water with oceans and birds behind it
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Killer whales murder great white sharks for their livers

By Andrew Paul

a baby swell shark swimming in a tank
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Aquarium surprised by shark born in a tank without males

By Laura Baisas

a penguin swimming underwater in straight line making it look like it's flying
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15 splashy and stunning underwater wildlife images

By Popular Science Team

a long whale shark with gray spots swims in the ocean
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Whale shark pre-mating ritual observed for the first time

By Laura Baisas

Chaunacops fish with 2024 Look Back article headline
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Ghost ships to ghost sharks: 10 wildest underwater discoveries of 2024

By Andrew Paul

a bird opens it mouth to eat a bug.
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9 fascinating images from the Royal Society Publishing Photography Prize

By Popular Science Team

a spook-fish with a narrow snout and large pectoral fins
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Boo! New species of ghost shark uncovered in New Zealand

By Laura Baisas

a pregnant porbeagle shark swims under water with two tags. one is on her dorsal fin and the other is on her back
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Who ate the pregnant porbeagle shark?

By Laura Baisas

Port Jackson sharks sleeping on the seafloor at Beagle Marine Park.
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Watch a huge ‘No Boys Allowed’ shark slumber party

By Laura Baisas

Wound care and amputation in a Camponotus maculatus ant.
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Ants perform teeny tiny operations to save their injured comrades

By Popular Science Team

Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) breaching ocean in an attack.
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Sharks are testing positive for cocaine

By Andrew Paul

an illustration of a large shark jumping out of the water and eating a winged dinosaur
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When the ocean got hot, the sharks bulked up

By Laura Baisas