and it is the only pocket shark to be caught in the Gulf. Pocket sharks are exceedingly rare creatures. "In the history of ...

Not all sharks are big and scary, though. A NOAA biologist found this tiny pocket shark off the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, only the second one that's ever been seen. It weighs about as much as ...

“We really try to impress on folks that these [shark bites] are mistakes, and they’re rare,” said Greg Skomal, a senior fisheries scientist with the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries.