Scientists describe new pocket shark species that glows in the dark
It's adorable and quite harmless.
Tag: shark
Megalodon’s teeth evolved over 12 millions years, researchers find
This is not the Nemo you're looking for.
Great white shark genome might teach us how to heal faster or stave off cancer
Scientists sink their teeth in the great white's genome
Paleontologists discovered a new species of ancient shark — and it was so, so tiny
" teeth are the size of a sand grain. Without a microscope you'd just throw them away," says one of ...
Megalodon may have been warm-blooded — and this may have ultimately doomed the huge predator
The largest fish in history may have been doomed by its active metabolism that couldn't keep up with a tough ...
Scientists find the first plant-eating shark — but it still likes to hunt
A ferocious predator actually enjoys a vegetarian snack from time to time.
Fastest shark on Earth might inspire the next-generation of drones and wind turbines
Lessons from the fastest-swimming shark on the planet.
Scientists track and study sharks by analyzing environmental water DNA
The method could open a breakthrough for shark research.
These sharks thrive in a real-life underwater volcano
Yes, these sharks live inside a volcano.
Most shark fins and ray gills sold in Vancouver come from threatened, trade-banned species
We're literally eating the viability of tomorrow's oceans.
Scientists find deep-sea miniature shark that glows in the dark
We've just started discovering the tip of the iceberg in terms of deep sea creatures.
Bamboo sharks really have to put their back into eating — literally
Specifically, they put their shoulders into it.
New ancient car-sized species identified by paleontologists. It was related to Megalodon
Some 20 million years ago, both the Atlantic and the Pacific were haunted by a huge shark the size of ...
Fossil Friday: C. Megalodon, the true Jaws
The biggest fish in the pond.
Longest-living vertebrate is a 400-year-old Greenland Shark
A groundbreaking study found a giant lurking beneath the Arctic might be the oldest living vertebrate today.
Scientists build a camera with “shark vision”
We now have shark vision.
Human limbs might have evolved from shark gills
Flap your hands like a shark.
Fossil Friday: Helicoprion
Helicoprion is an extinct genus of shark-like, cartilaginous fish that lived from the early Permian (~290 m.y. ago) all through ...
How many friends would a shark have on facebook?
Sharks have a reputation of solitary predators. They're not the life of the party, sort to say. One new research ...
Some deep-water sharks can float up, contrary to conventional wisdom
Researchers at University of Hawaii, Manoa in collaboration with a team from the University of Tokyo were surprised to find ...
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