Many of the baby sharks had already hatched from their egg cases and were ready to be released into the ocean. Hammerhead sharks are viviparous, giving birth to live young. Although the young ...

Usually the fishes I study, including other shark species, lay eggs, which allows us to easily watch development in real time. Hammerhead sharks don’t lay eggs, though. They gestate their pups ...

and hammerhead sharks are a particularly elusive species. While most fish species lay eggs, which are more easily obtained, hammerheads give birth to live young, which means specimens are not so ...

But this detailed look at hammerhead development had previously escaped scientists. Most fish, and many sharks, lay eggs that can be easily collected and examined back at the lab. Hammerheads give ...

"One of those eggs was fertile ... Sponsor Message Most notably, about 22 years ago, female bonnethead sharks, a type of hammerhead, produced "astonishing virgin births" at the Henry Doorly ...

Great hammerhead sharks are known for their long migrations, but scientists have now discovered that some individuals in the Bahamas instead spend all year snacking without leaving their plentiful ...

A smooth hammerhead shark made a cameo off Cape Cod last week in a relatively rare appearance in New England waters. The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy shared a social media post on Thursday ...