Hammerhead sharks are able to deep dive to frigid, near-freezing waters to catch rare prey. But scientists have long been confused about how the cold-blooded animals survive such cold waters.

Research shows some hammerhead sharks hold their breath when diving deep under water. They do it to keep their bodies from getting too cold. (Story aired on All Things Considered on May 11, 2023.) ...

BIMINI, Bahamas — Our dive boat, maybe 14 feet long, ... Great hammerhead sharks.As the waves go splish-splash, the only clear and present danger is upchucking ...

Hammerhead sharks like it warm, but for a good meal they’re willing to get cold. The flat-headed predators dive more than 2,600 feet from tropical surface waters into the ocean’s frigid depths ...

Whales and other deep-diving mammals are known to hold their breath (SN: 9/23/20).But this is the first time the behavior has been spotted in diving fish, says Mark Royer, a shark physiology and ...

An experienced diver who leads shark diving tours took multiple trips and spent hours diving with hammerhead sharks in waters off Bimini Island, Bahamas, this winter before the sharks got used to ...

Bimini, Bahamas "The great hammerhead shark has to be one of the weirdest and coolest sharks on Earth to dive with," Casagrande says. "And the best place to find them is just off the beaches of ...

At 9:30 a.m. on Singer Island, just north of West Palm Beach, Cobb told ABC News she was on a boat headed out to dive with sharks when spotted a commotion on the beach. "I saw the dorsal fin and I ...

When hammerhead sharks begin some of their deepest dives, they do the piscine equivalent of what a human would do: they hold their breath. Sharks don’t breathe air, of course, but they can close ...

BIMINI, Bahamas — Our dive boat, maybe 14 feet long, bounces off the shallow waters in Bimini. The waves provide a melodic cadence, a soundtrack of patience and perseverance, as we wait more … ...