The oceanic whitetip shark, a species heavily implicated in the USS Indianapolis attacks, is a formidable open-water predator. With streamlined bodies, powerful tail fins and rows of razor-sharp ...

oceanic whitetip sharks have been involved in three fatal attacks on humans, but many more may have came during the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in World War II, where survivors faced shark ...

However, the most common species behind shark bites are great whites, tiger and bull sharks. Less commonly, shortfin mako and oceanic whitetip sharks have also been involved in fatal attacks.

Deadly shark attacks are a near-yearly occurrence in ... which is believed to have been either a Mako or a Oceanic whitetip shark, but no one jumped in to help her. Somehow she made it ashore ...

Oceanic whitetip sharks are the boldest ... A sure sign of a free meal, the shark can steal the fish right off the line! But populations of oceanic whitetips are crashing worldwide.

The oceanic whitetip shark has suffered population declines of up to 88 percent in the Atlantic. Populations of the giant manta ray, which has a wingspan of up to 29 feet, have plummeted by up to 95 ...

Using photographic evidence, scientists were able to ascertain that the same oceanic whitetip shark carried out all the attacks, Burgess said. The shark in question had followed a boat from New ...