With a menacing grin, needle-like teeth, and a sharp pointed snout, a gray nurse shark isn’t a creature that most people would want to encounter. But Shalise Leesfield isn’t most people.

For Australian diving icon Valerie Taylor, the results of Australia’s first harmonized grey nurse shark (Carcharias taurus) census were a heartbreaking culmination of decades of hard work.

The gray nurse sharks were found around Blacksmiths Beach, in the Newcastle area of New South Wales. The fourth and most recent shark found in a 12-month period had a hook latched into its gut and ...

The group later appear to trail behind the shark as they swim through the shallows. In another moment in the video, which has amassed over 14,000 views, a pair of grey nurse sharks can be seen ...

This diver captured her close encounter with a Grey Nurse Shark at Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Jacqui McGhie, 31, and her boyfriend Dave, saw 17 sharks during this particular dive with ...

A grey nurse shark put on a hell of a show for visitors to the SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium, where they got to witness the birth of a baby shark. Named Archie, the tiny male pup marks a first in the ...

The “surprise” birth of a gray nurse shark in Australia is good news for the endangered predator species. Getty Images/iStockphoto Months after endangered gray nurse shark Mary-Lou was seen ...

Months after endangered gray nurse shark Mary-Lou was seen participating in mating activities in an Australia aquarium, the ocean predator welcomed a “surprise” pup, the aquarium announced.