A pocket-sized shark found in the Gulf of Mexico has turned out to be a new species. And the mysterious pouches that it's named for, up near its front fins? Scientists say they squirt little glowing ...

Scientists documented the first formal case of spinal deformation in a whale shark (Rhincodon typus), observed at the Gulf of Mexico’s Ewing Bank.

PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- Researchers are keeping their eye on a 12-foot, 1,668-pound great white shark as she makes a rather unusual journey through the northern Gulf of Mexico with the hope that her ...

According to the Coastal Fisheries Division with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, about 40 shark species are swimming around the Texas waters. However, the following five are abundant: Bull ...