A new study shows bonnethead sharks reshape their skin with age, fine-tuning millions of scales for faster, stronger, and ...

A shark's skin is made up of thousands of armor-like scales, known as denticles. Their shape and alignment reduce drag, stop algal attachment and can even kill prey. But now humans are using that same ...

Have you ever wondered what makes shark skin so tough and sleek? It's dermal denticles—tiny, tooth-like structures that cover ...

Scientists recently made news by using fossil shark scales to reconstruct shark communities from millions of years ago. At the same time, an international team of researchers led by UC Santa Barbara ...

Laboratory experiments suggest the tooth-like scales of the puffadder shyshark can be degraded by acidifying oceans Graeme Kruger / flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Shark skin is seriously tough. Blanketing ...

Do sharks offer a key to fighting deadly bacteria? The White House unveiled a new campaign Friday to contain drug-resistant bacteria known as “superbugs,” and one of the unlikely resources that ...

Razor-sharp scales on their skin seem to make it easier for sharks to race through the water, by generating whirlpools that help pull them along, researchers say. This research eventually could lead ...

The Neptunic Sharksuit is a type of armor invented by marine biologist Jeremiah Sullivan in the late 1970s. Since then, the steel mesh protection has been developed into a variety of forms, including ...

Surfers and sharks alike drift toward the murky water off New Smyrna Beach, Fla., notoriously known as the shark attack capital of the world. The strip of Florida shore is the most shark-bitten beach ...

With more than 400 million years of evolution behind them, sharks have adapted to move quickly through water. Shortfin makos are the fastest sharks in the ocean, clocking speeds of up to 60 miles per ...