11. The winghead shark has some wild proportions. Relative to its body size, the winghead shark has the widest head of any hammerhead—almost half as wide as its body is long. Wingheads live in ...

One of the species, the winghead shark, now lives in the warm waters north of Australia and the other, the bonnethead shark, inhabits the Caribbean and tropical eastern Pacific Ocean. One reason ...

There are at least eight hammerhead species, enough to fill a tool belt. Some, like the winghead shark, have faces as large as race car spoilers. Others sport more subtle shapes: The bonnethead ...

Raredon, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History Winghead shark (Sphyrna blochii) Sandra J. Raredon, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History The National ...

The winghead shark has a 48 degree arc in front of it that’s covered by both eyes, which must give it exceptional depth perception. By comparison, the scalloped hammerhead has a binocular ...

Another species added to the red list is the winghead shark, a member of the hammerhead shark family.

Gardiner admits that better olfaction can't explain all of a shark's characteristics. The winghead shark (Eusphyra blochii), which has one of the widest nostril separations, isn't the most ...