The heaviest great hammerhead shark ever recorded weighed a whopping 1280 pounds.” The great hammerhead shark is found in a ...

Hammerheads also vary in terms of overall size: The smaller species max out at 3 to 5 feet in length, while the biggest is the great hammerhead, which can be up to 18 feet long and weigh over 1000 ...

There are 10 species of hammerhead shark, with the largest being the Great Hammerhead, which grows up to 20 feet, experts say. Shark attacks are rare, and hammerhead attacks even more so ...

The Galapagos Islands are unique and fascinating for many reasons. Situated on the equator, west of Ecuador, they are home to ...

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Scientists have sequenced to chromosome level the genomes of great hammerhead and shortfin mako sharks, showing that their populations have declined over 250,000 years.

The hammerhead is the largest of the nine identified species of this shark. It can grow up to 20 feet in length and weigh up to 1,000 pounds, although smaller sizes are more common. Their wide-set ...

Scalloped hammerhead sharks off the Kona coast of the Big Island of Hawai'i. Image may only be used with appropriate caption and credit.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new-to-science hammerhead species, the shovelhead shark, has been hiding in plain sight for three centuries due to its close resemblance to a ...

There are nine species of hammerhead, and the second largest, the smooth hammerhead ... The DFO states that blue sharks and brown cat sharks are common in B.C. waters but great white sharks, shortfin ...

VENGEFUL locals have killed a hammerhead and bludgeoned another apex predator with a club as part of a war on sharks. Vigilante fishermen have been going out to sea to slay any sharks they come ...

Home to some of the world’s tallest mountains, Nepal is a dream destination for adventurous travellers. It sits right at the ...