Sharks

Green turtle. © Ellis Roberts/BBC

When are Blue Planet Live and Blue Planet UK on TV?

Basking shark behaviours are being studied by scientists © Alex Mustard

Amazing new footage shows basking sharks being sociable in Scottish waters

A juvenile angelshark © Michael Sealey

A new project is launched to study angelsharks

Seen from below, the white bellies of lemon sharks help them to disappear in bright sunlight - the blue sky in this photo is misleading. From above, their yellow-tinted skin belnds in perfectly with the mangrove's sandy seabed © Shane Gross

The fascinating world of the lemon shark

Indonesian speckled carpetshark in Indonesia. © Borat Furlan/Getty

How do sharks manage to swallow without tongues?

Bogenstirn-Hammerhai, Sphyrna lewini, Arch, Darwin Island, Galapagos, Ecuador | Scalloped Hammerhead Shark, Sphyrna lewini, Arch, Darwin Island, Galapagos, Ecuador
The hammerhead's unusually shaped head may help it detect its prey from the electrical signals it gives off © Ullstein Bild / Getty

Do hammerheads with bigger heads find it harder to swim?

Basking shark feeding of the Cornish Coastline. Cornwall. UK

How many species of shark inhabit the seas around Britain?

Shark fins drying in West Java Province, Indonesia. © Sijori Images/Barcroft Images/Getty

What is shark finning and why is it a problem?

Whale_shark_sampling_David_Acuna_623-34b1208

Wildlife first for wild whale shark ultrasounds

Whale shark © Simon Pierce

9 things you never knew about sharks in the Galápagos Islands