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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 ...

A kayaker in the Canary Islands used his paddle to fight off a hammerhead shark that persistently approached him. Juan José Afonso, from the island of La Palma, was fishing when the predator ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of hammerhead shark that’s been hiding in plain sight among the bonnetheads. These sharks were already notable for their shovel-like shape, but this new ...

On Wednesday, a group of fishermen found a hammerhead shark in the sea and savagely killed it. They then dragged its carcass ashore and celebrated the vengeful kill with fellow locals. But their ...

Florida International University (FIU) scientists have finally identified a new species of hammerhead shark years after first collecting samples, but the shark's official discovery comes as its ...

23 in the peer-reviewed journal Zootaxa. Researchers suspected these animals were being misidentified as a known species of hammerhead shark. To investigate, they analyzed the body shape ...

Research started more than two decades ago by Demian Chapman, now the director of Mote Marine Laboratory’s Center for Shark Research, led to the discovery of a new species of hammerhead shark ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB/Gray News) - Scientists in Florida have discovered a new species of hammerhead shark. The scientists are naming the new species after philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Paul ...

A hammerhead shark species discovered by FIU scientists finally has a name and its namesake is the late Paul G. Allen, philanthropist and cofounder of Microsoft. Protected green and loggerhead ...

A hammerhead shark was found to have "beached itself" on the sand at Woodgate Beach near Bundaberg in Queensland — a 16km stretch of sand popular among visitors to the area. The discovery was ...