Cookiecutter sharks are being blamed for cutting short three sailors’ bid to travel around the world in an inflatable boat. The fish, which are roughly 15-inches long with sharp teeth, appear to have ...

How could a shark slightly bigger than a person’s hand bring down a colossal catamaran? That's the puzzling question that emerged in the early hours of Wednesday, as a trio of sailors embarked on a ...

Recently in Australia, fishers reeled in a glistening blue swordfish riddled with egg-shaped holes, as if the fish had been mutilated by a melon-baller. The wounds were fresh—open portals into pale ...

(CNN) — The dramatic ocean saga that led to three men being rescued this week from a sinking inflatable catamaran off the Australian coast has been pinned on an unusual culprit: a small, cigar-shaped ...

The fact that there is such a thing as a cookie-cutter shark — shaped like a cigar, no less — is not nearly as unnerving as the idea that its name is fitting. They are among the world’s “lesser-known ...

The dramatic ocean saga that led to three men being rescued this week from a sinking inflatable catamaran off the Australian coast has been pinned on an unusual culprit: a footlong shark that leaves ...

Several small sharks about the size of a cigar are to blame for sinking a 29-foot catamaran this week sparking a dramatic night-time at-sea rescue, the vessel's survivors said. Maritime authorities in ...