Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The characteristic hammer-shaped head is just becoming visible in this image of an embryonic bonnethead shark. Scale bar = 1 cm.

Secrets of the hammerhead shark have been revealed in images studied by scientists, who are now one step closer to discovering how the species got its unique appearance. University of Florida ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why do hammerhead sharks have hammer-shaped ...

Hammerhead sharks are among the strangest predators in the ocean. Their wide hammer-shaped heads are packed with electroreceptors that allow them to detect the faint electrical signals of prey hidden ...

Scientists very rarely get access to most sharks, the development of their young or the nursery grounds where they grow. So seeing a hammerhead shark (Sphyrna tiburo) embryo, halfway through its ...