Their pupping grounds are in nearshore waters off the southeastern U.S. with the highest concentrations found in Bulls Bay, South Carolina.

[5] It is currently classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List due to overfishing and habitat degradation.

[6] Dr. Gilbert, who was the curator of the Florida Museum of Natural History from 1961 to 1998, caught what he believed was an anomalous scalloped hammerhead shark with 10 fewer vertebrae than a typical scalloped hammerhead.

The general diet of the Carolina hammerheads consists of bony fishes and cephalopods such as squids, octopuses, and cuttlefishes.

They also feed on shrimps, lobsters, crabs, and other smaller sharks and rays.