A hammerhead shark in malpelo island Colombia. Image via depositphotos. Despite the danger, Malea and her husband kept their cool, providing a valuable lesson in handling such encounters. A hammerhead ...

The Shark Week finale, “Shark School with Michael Phelps,” airing on July 30, will have Phelps swimming within two feet of a hammerhead shark. Sure, this is all a bit concerning to us.

I was originally inspired to write the song when I discovered the uncanny resemblance a hammerhead shark brain has to the female reproductive system. Years later I found out that a dolphin’s bones in ...