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Watch great white shark get mobbed by gang of seals in 'incredible and surprising' footage
By Sascha Pare published
Astonishing footage from Planet Earth III, which premieres Nov. 4 on BBC America and AMC+, shows a herd of seals fending off an attack by the world's most notorious predator off the southern coast of Africa.
Nightmarish deep-sea footballfish washes up on California beach in rare stranding
By Sascha Pare published
A deep-sea Pacific footballfish found on Moro Beach in Crystal Cove State Park is the second of this species to wash up in recent years, but the reason behind the strandings remains a mystery.
Big, healthy great white shark washes up dead on Canada beach in latest of string of mystery strandings
By Sascha Pare published
Scientists have performed a necropsy on a great white shark that washed up in Nova Scotia — the fifth unexplained stranding of its kind in a year — but were unable to determine the cause of death.
Orcas attacked a great white shark to gorge on its liver in Australia, shredded carcass suggests
By Sascha Pare published
Orcas have been feasting on sharks' livers off the coast of South Africa for several years and could now be doing the same in Australia, the carcass of a great white suggests.
Why is fish so smelly?
By Hannah Loss published
Fish smell is from degrading lipids and bacterial reactions that increase in potency over time.
The strange story of sharks that lived in a golf course pond for 20 years — then vanished
By Richard Pallardy published
In the 1990s, a group of juvenile bull sharks were left stranded in a golf course pond in Australia, where they thrived for decades. Now scientists are trying to understand why.
Scientists have figured out when the biggest bull sharks are most active — and it's not when official advice suggests
By Lydia Smith published
Researchers tracked more than 200 bull sharks off the coast of New South Wales to find out exactly when they were most active and posed the greatest risk to humans.
Pacific lamprey: The jawless fish that survived 4 mass extinctions and sucks prey dry of blood and body fluids
By Sascha Pare published
Lampreys belong to an ancient group of fish called Agnatha that evolved 450 million years ago, predating both dinosaurs and trees.
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