These barbels help nurse sharks detect prey and obstacles. So, what sorts of prey do these sea creatures detect with their barbels? Let’s dive into the dietary habits of nurse sharks.

“These feeding behaviors show that nurse sharks are adapted to feed on different prey across a variety of habitats,” said lead author Kristian Parton. “Our footage suggests nurse sharks may ...

Bottom-feeding sharks, like carpet sharks and nurse sharks, use their powerful lips and mouths to suck prey out of hiding places. Even the fearsome great white may do this. The great white sharks ...

Though great whites do occasionally prey on other sharks, there’s no clear evidence the great white was looking to take the nurse shark as a meal. “The interesting thing is, these two sharks ...

A savage video caught the prey, becoming the predator. A retired nurse captured the moment when a large bull sea lion rips the throat off a blue shark in California's Monterey Bay. The short ...

A camera tag on a nurse shark captured unexpected footage of a ... take advantage of the abundant seal populations and rich prey resources found in these areas. As temperatures drop and food ...

Nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum ... spending their days lounging on the seafloor and slowly moving around to find prey; it is thought their common name comes from a sucking sound they ...

"These feeding behaviors show that nurse sharks are adapted to feed on different prey across a variety of habitats," said marine biologist Kristian Parton in a University of Exeter, Cornwall ...