A rare and rather… unique-looking shark has been spotted in the wild for the first time. Mitsukurina owstoni, otherwise known by the unfortunate name ‘goblin shark’, is a grotesque, deep-sea shark ...

The goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) is one of Earth's rarest and most elusive sharks. It's also one of the weirdest. With its distinctive, hornlike snout and protrudable jaws, the pink-skinned ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have captured and confirmed footage of the goblin shark, a rare deep-sea shark species, in the wild for the first time, ...

One of the ugliest creatures on the planet has, unfortunately, been filmed in its natural deep-sea habitat for the first time. It’s an incredible scientific achievement and a landmark moment for ...

The depths of the world’s oceans continue to surprise scientists. For the first time, researchers have successfully observed live goblin sharks swimming freely in their natural environment deep ...

After the recent catching of only the second goblin shark recorded in the Gulf of Mexico and the first after 2000, we wonder if the spectacle and praise by media and revelers alike is a damaging ...

(CNN) -- Photos of the gruesome-looking goblin shark a fisherman accidentally caught last month drew attention as scientists caught a rare glimpse of the deep sea creature. But wait, there's more. Now ...

Carl Moore didn't know what he was looking at. It was April 2014, and the commercial shrimp fisherman was 70 miles south of Key West when his net came up heavier than usual. Tangled among thousands of ...

When someone says "shark," the first images that come to mind for many people are rather typical – great whites, bull sharks and tiger sharks. But there are some species lurking beneath the sea that ...

A few fossilized shark teeth, spread out across the Egyptian Western Desert, can be described as unremarkable. However, they came from at least five species—expanding the local total to ...

Scientists have captured and confirmed footage of the goblin shark, a rare deep-sea shark species, in the wild for the first time, according to a new study. The goblin shark -- or Mitsukurina owstoni ...