Named Ginglymostoma unami, or the Pacific nurse shark, it has a couple of noticeable traits that set it apart from G. cirratum. For example, the newly named fish’s second dorsal fin lies closer ...

Nurse sharks, which inhabit tropical and subtropical waters in the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific oceans, can measure 10-plus feet. They’re nocturnal hunters that rest in caves and ...

A California nurse was brutally attacked by a shark while she was snorkeling off the Galápagos Islands – as harrowing video caught her being evacuated and later exercising her heavily stitched leg.

The shark bit Steve Bruemmer, 62, of Monterey, at 10:35 a.m. on June 22, when he was swimming about 150 yards off Lovers Point, a popular beach area in Pacific Grove.

From left, Aimee Johns, Heath Braddock and Paul Bandy pose for a picture after they rescued a man attacked by a shark at Lovers Point Beach in Pacific Grove, Calif., on Wednesday, June 22, 2022.

They are found in the warm, shallow waters of the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific oceans. A stock image of a nurse shark. A video of a dog swimming with a couple of this species has delighted ...

Joseph Tanner, a 29-year-old critical care nurse at Portland's Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, is more than two weeks removed from being attacked by a shark off Indian Beach at Ecola State Park. He ...

The New England Aquarium in Boston now has a new nurse shark — the first one in 10 years. Cirri, a 3.5 foot, 22 pound female nurse shark, can be seen in the aquarium's Caribbean coral reef exhibit.