AnimalsSee 10 dramatic pictures of sharks June 5, 2019The toothy maw of a great white shark has populated the nightmares of many a beachgoer. Photograph by David Doubilet, National Geographic CreativeAn oceanic whitecap shark near the Bahamas passes a diver and looks right into the camera. Photograph by Brian Skerry, National Geographic CreativeThe Japanese swellshark can be found off the coasts of Japan, Korea, China, and Taiwan. Photograph by David Doubilet, National Geographic CreativeThe Tasmanian sawshark belongs to a group of sharks known for their deadly looking snouts.</p> Photograph by David Doubilet, National Geographic CreativeThe great hammerhead—considered endangered by the IUCN Red List—is the largest of the nine hammerhead shark species. Photograph by Brian Skerry, National Geographic CreativeThis is the unlucky victim of abandoned fishing gear called ghost nets. Photograph by Brian Skerry, National Geographic CreativeA 12-foot (3.7-meter) tiger shark roams the waters off Tiger Beach in the Bahamas. Photograph by Brian Skerry, National Geographic CreativeSilky sharks and yellowtail snappers swirl through the Caribbean Sea near Cuba. Photograph by David Doubilet, National Geographic CreativeNurse sharks bump into one another while swimming in the Hol Chan Marine Reserve near Belize. Photograph by Brian Skerry, National Geographic CreativeThe Greenland shark—the world's slowest swimming shark—cruises beneath some sea ice near Baffin Island in Canada. Photograph by Nick Caloyianis, National Geographic CreativeAnimals
