The bodies of more than a dozen hammerhead sharks were recovered from an illegal gill net in Kane'ohe Bay, a mating area for hammerheads near the Waikalua Fish Pond. All the sharks were pups and they were found by a Nature Conservancy team on patrol in the area on Thursday.

A small seaside community is for a 21 ft. great white shark swimming in the local lake. A fisherman netted the shark in Tuggerah Lake, which opens to the Pacific Ocean 60 miles north of Sydney, but when he realized the shark was bigger than his 18-foot boat he let it go.

A device attached to surf boards to repel sharks and protect surfers from getting attacked by the sea predator failed during an actual test off South Africa on Friday when a great white shark ate it. The failure of the Shark Shield's emitted electric field to deter sharks from approaching the board caused the sale of the device manufactured by Australian firm Shark Shield Pty. Ltd. to be suspended.

Scientists in Hungary are lost in quandary after a shark in a local aquarium gave birth to a pup without even having contact with a male shark. Staff of the Nyiregyhaza Centre said they were surprised when the seven-year old White-tipped reef shark gave birth to a pup even though the shark never had a male for a company.

A 12-year-old boy reeled in a 551-pound bull shark Tuesday, north of the Palm Beach inlet in Florida. The catch managed to break the state record for the heaviest bull shark caught. After spending half a day out in the water, Aidan Murray Medley, a seventh-grader at Eagle Hill School who was vacationing with his family, found himself wrestling with the fish for 20 minutes, reportedly losing feeling from his body.