This shark jumps you.. A group of New Zealand fishermen got a bigger catch than they bargained for after a massive mako shark leapt out of the water and landed on their boat.

The mako can reach top speeds of 45 miles per hour (74 kilometers per hour), making it "the fastest shark" and "one of the fastest fishes" alive, according to marine wildlife organization Oceana.

What do mako sharks eat? To find out, you have to look inside their stomachs. Shark scientist Antonella Preti recently dissected the largest mako shark stomach she's ever encountered and she's ...

Hell hath no fury like this shark. A new record has been broken by a male mako shark that travelled over 13,000 miles in under two years. Named Hell’s Bay, the shark travelled a distance equal ...

Once the anglers from California, Colorado and Texas contact officials to begin the process of confirming a potential world record -- having hauled in a mako shark reported to weigh more than ...

Beachgoers north of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, recently found a freshly killed mako shark with what they believed was a stingray barb protruding from its head. “A shark that washed out on the beach ...

A mako shark was observed stealing sea bass from fishermen on the Queen Mary party boat. Warmer ocean temperatures above 60 degrees are attracting mako sharks and other species like cobia to the coast ...

Researchers released a mako shark into North Carolina's Outer Banks. It made a U-turn and started gnawing at their boat. Mako sharks aren't usually aggressive towards humans, so the team took it ...

As the rockfish and lingcod season ended Dec. 31, I got to thinking about past grand battles and recalled one to share. It was a fishing battle worth ...