It is called 'Hammerhead shark'. A shark expert explains the strange head shape of a hammerhead shark that you can't forget at first sight. Why do hammerhead sharks have hammer-shaped heads?

“The heaviest great hammerhead shark ever recorded weighed a whopping ... In addition, they have a group of sensory organs called the ampullae of Lorenzini. Its function is to detect electrical ...

Fraser and his graduate student Steven Byrum led the work to document in careful detail the development of bonnetheads, the smallest hammerhead shark species ... shape and why they evolved ...

Have you ever wondered why spotting a magnificent great hammerhead shark seems more likely during a full moon? Researchers in the Central Pacific Ocean have unraveled the pivotal role played by ...

NPR's Geoff Brumfiel has more. GEOFF BRUMFIEL, BYLINE: The scalloped hammerhead shark lives in oceans all over the planet. MARK ROYER: It's one of the larger but not the largest hammerhead species.

a shark ecologist at the University of Cambridge. While it is “absolutely possible” that these hammerhead sharks do this by suppressing gill activity, scientists will need to get direct ...