Scientists have added 866 newly discovered marine species to the global record, a haul that includes a pale ghost shark and a ...

A shark that walks on land at low tide just turned up in one of the ocean's most remote corners, and scientists are already ...

The creature belongs to a unique group of sharks whose members can use their strong pectoral fins like legs to get around ...

The animal is now formally named Hemiscyllium dudgeonae, or Dudgeon's Walking Shark, the release noted. Scientists confirmed ...

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 shark long known to Papua New Guinea communities has finally been confirmed by DNA as a species new to science.

Annual shark migration typically runs from June through September as ocean temperatures rise. There have already been several ...

A hammerhead shark species discovered by FIU scientists finally has a name and its namesake is the late Paul G. Allen, philanthropist and cofounder of Microsoft. The existence of the new species, ...

Older than dinosaurs and trees, sharks have endured a lot throughout their 450 million years on Earth. They’ve even survived five mass extinctions, including the asteroid that wiped out 75% of life on ...

Louisiana's Gulf Coast is home to a number of shark species. While shark attacks may not happen often, a few have occurred in ...

The remarkable creature, discovered in Papua New Guinea, is capable of dragging most of its body out of the water using its ...