A new study on whale sharks reveals the existence of tiny teeth-like structures covering the eyes. These features are thought to be used as protection against abrasion, acting as a layer of armor.

Think the shark in ‘Jaws' was huge? Find out how big great white sharks really get and how they compare to megalodons and ...

Yet back then, any one of these creatures could become prey to the ocean's fiercest apex predator: the megalodon, a giant shark with massive teeth and a body the size of a whale. In many ways ...

Whale sharks are the largest living shark species ... Most shark species have five rows of teeth, according to Delta Dental of Washington, a dental insurance provider. In a Shark Week blog ...

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one of the whale shark's only defenses. "It's a huge animal that has very tiny teeth," says Francesca Pancaldi, a marine biologist at Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas and a co-author ...

Though whale sharks are enormous — capable of growing ... big fish that is very slow compared with other sharks. It has tiny, tiny teeth that it doesn’t use as a defense mechanism,” said ...

A great white shark visiting the area to feast on dead whale carcass took a break from ... the camera and show off his rows of triangular teeth. The AWSC, a nonprofit research center focused ...

“The whale shark has the smallest brain compared to ... big fish that is very slow compared with other sharks. It has tiny, tiny teeth that it doesn’t use as a defense mechanism,” Pancaldi ...