Sharks are ancient creatures—even older than land dinosaurs —and they’ve evolved to swim in almost all the world’s ocean waters. Still, many scientists suspected that the animals didn’t live in ...

A barnacle evolved into a parasite and drills into sharks in the deep waters of Norway to feed and survive in silence.

A juvenile great white shark was captured off the coast of Spain, leading researchers to investigate further and confirm the species’ rare but ongoing presence in the Spanish Mediterranean. On April ...

Scientists were baffled over how eels reproduced for thousands of years – leading to the belief they spontaneously spawned ...

Scientists have captured footage of a sleeper shark farther south than ever before, suggesting Antarctica’s Southern Ocean is ...

Many experts had thought sharks didn’t exist in the frigid waters of Antarctica before this sleeper shark lumbered warily and ...

Scientists Found a Creature That Can Reproduce Under Stress ...

Sharks have a branding problem. For many people, the word alone conjures images of horror: sleek predators stalking through open water, ominous fins slicing through the surf, rows of teeth on full ...

Walking sharks use their fins to move along the seafloor, allowing them to navigate shallow reefs, tide pools, and tight spaces where swimming isn’t practical. These sharks live in warm Indo-Pacific ...

Many species of shark are known for their teeth but this strange animal, arguably, beats the lot. The goblin shark has a bizarre set of gnashers that it can shoot forward out of its mouth like a ...