These “walking sharks” can lay eggs without spending extra energy, rewriting what scientists thought they knew about reproduction.

Sharks have a branding problem. For many people, the word alone conjures images of horror: sleek predators stalking through ...

Epaulette sharks can reproduce without any measurable increase in energy use, stunning researchers who expected egg-laying to be costly. Scientists tracked metabolism, blood, and hormone levels ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Adult epaulette shark curled up amongst corals. These fish and a number of other species are known as “walking sharks” for their ...

Biologists like to say that reproduction is the ultimate investment, a costly gamble that shapes everything from lifespan to ...

So some sharks walk. Just not the scary ones. While great whites haunt the deep, walking sharks are content to scuttle in the shallows. They've been walking, or something close to it, for at least 9 ...

A new study from James Cook University has revealed that walking sharks can reproduce and lay eggs without increasing their energy use, defying long-held beliefs about the cost of reproduction in ...

New research shows that epaulette sharks, often called “walking sharks,” can produce eggs without increasing their overall energy use.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. So -- some sharks walk. Just not the scary ones. While great whites haunt the deep, walking sharks are content to scuttle in the ...