Active shark species like the mako and great white shark tend to swim closer to the surface because of their need for speed.

In 2013, fishermen caught a shortfin mako shark off the coast of California. It was a record-breaking catch, as the mako shark turned out to be the heaviest one ever documented. The enormous ...

Shortfin mako sharks are the fastest shark species in the world, reaching top speeds of up to 46 mph (74 km/h). They can grow as long as 12 feet (3.7 m) and weigh as much as 1,200 pounds (545 ...

In the mako shark we used sonomicrometry to record instantaneous muscle segment length changes during steady swimming as well as during passive, simulated swimming movements induced under anaesthesia.

The shortfin mako is the world’s fastest species of shark, capable of swimming up to 46 mph. Churchys Charters NZ via Storyful 4 The shark finally managed to wriggle free and return to the water ...

A material that mimics shark skin enables a swimming robot to move quickly through the water by improving hydrodynamics. Li Wen, James Weaver and George Lauder at Harvard University in Cambridge ...

Capable of swimming at speeds of up to 74 km/h (46 mph), the shortfin mako is the world's fastest species of shark. Scientists now have a new understanding of how it's able to reach such speeds ...

While the shortfin mako shark has a specialized blood vessel structure – known as the rete mirable – that allows them to maintain a warmer body temperature to the surrounding water and gives ...

Tanaka et al. found that the hunting and migrating speeds of the mako shark were about 10.5 m/s and 4.9 m/s, respectively, while those for the megalodon were about 5.9 m/s and 2.7 m/s, respectively.

The roadside attraction resembles the mako shark caught off the shore of the Indian River Inlet by Foley's nephew, Richard H. Reed. The 840-pound catch, at the time, set a Delaware state record.

News; Weird News; Sharks ‘World’s fastest shark’ is spotted off the coast of Zante as beast stalks fisherman’s boat A fisherman off the coast of Greece caught a mako shark swimming ...