Hammerhead sharks look bizarre, but their unique design is a product of incredible evolutionary engineering. In this video, we explore the insane biology of the hammerhead shark and reveal why its ...

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 ...

SEE MORE Florida International University researcher Cindy Gonzalez tags a hammerhead shark species called shovelbill, or Sphyrna alleni. (Mays Family Foundation Photo) Nine years after throwing ...

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.

That’s why it’s also known as the slender hammerhead shark. They have slender bodies ... Therefore, they are often called crown or mallet head sharks. Secondly, they are the smallest of ...