In an Instagram post after the rescue, the group said the attacks were by cookiecutter sharks, which damaged the rear left balloon of the boat on Monday and left it “completely submerged ...

One of the rescued sailors, Russian Evgeny Kovalevsky, told The Guardian cookiecutter sharks are responsible for sinking the sailboat. “[We were] not scared about our life. We [were] scared ...

But there is another species of shark which, while nowhere near as big as a great white, is just as ominous in its own way. The cookiecutter shark is actually a very small species that lives in ...

Cookiecutter sharks are being blamed for cutting short three sailors’ bid to travel around the world in an inflatable boat. The fish, which are roughly 15-inches long with sharp teeth ...

“A key clue to the new population’s presumed habitat range lies in cookiecutter shark bite scars observed on almost all the orcas,” according to the release. “This parasitic shark lives in ...

One of the most elusive among them is the Cookiecutter Shark. If you’re wanting to track down this particularly feisty fellow but aren’t sure where to look, we’ve put together a handy guide ...