Scientists have overturned a leading explanation for why male and female bonnethead sharks have differently shaped heads. Instead of males developing a pointed snout at maturity, both sexes actually ...

A new study of bonnethead sharks (Sphyrna tiburo) in Florida is challenging a previous explanation for how males and females develop their ...

Bonnethead sharks have shown remarkable skills in using Earth's magnetic field for navigation. In controlled laboratory ...

It's not exactly as vegetarian as Finding Nemo's Bruce, but this grass-eating shark could come close to taking the "fish are friends, not food" pledge. Researchers claim they've identified the world's ...

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Sharks aren't typically thought of as vegetarians. Or even omnivores. But about 10 years ago, scientists documented a dainty relative of the hammerhead shark, known as a bonnethead shark, consuming ...

Sharks, we thought we knew you. But it turns out we may have had it all wrong. Thanks to researchers at the University of California, Irvine, new information has come to light about the bonnethead ...

Check out a week full of exciting shark programming on Nat Geo Wild's SharkFest, starting July 23. These sharks might be taking the expression “eating like a horse” a bit too literally. Scientists ...