Bull sharks form social bonds and prefer certain companions, challenging the idea that they are solitary predators. These connections may help them learn, find food, and avoid conflict.

Learn more about the complexities of bull shark social behavior and how it can be rather similar to humans.

Sharks have “friends” who they prefer to socialise with, reveals new research. The apex predators of the ocean are often viewed as solitary. But the study – conducted at the Shark Reef Marine Reserve ...

Off the southern coast of Fiji’s main island, a group of bull sharks returns to the same reef, week after week, year after ...

A long-term study in Fiji shows they form preferred social relationships, avoid certain individuals, and change how social ...

Sharks are often viewed as solitary, but a new study—carried out on the Shark Reef Marine Reserve in Fiji—has found that rather than mixing at random, bull sharks have "active social preferences" and ...

Bull sharks, it turns out, have friends. Scientists have increasingly recognized that sharks, once viewed as largely solitary creatures, have relatively complex social bonds. But studying those ...

Adult bull shark ‘Chunky’ (foreground) parallel swimming with subadult female ‘Lady Lazarus’ (background). view more . Credit: Natasha D. Marosi. Bull sharks form s ...

Weighing up to 500 pounds and measuring more than 11 feet long, bull sharks are massive apex predators that can live in both saltwater and freshwater. They primarily stick to tropical coastlines and ...