The porbeagle, a mid-sized shark that seasonally makes its way to the gulf and lower estuary of the St. Lawrence River, may ...

The newly named big-nosed lanternshark, Etmopterus bulbosus, is just 21 centimetres long but carries a surprisingly ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Florida International University (FIU) scientists have finally ...

How do four species of sharks share a rock barely 100 metres long in the middle of the Pacific? New research at Mexico’s Roca ...

A nighttime research expedition off Papua New Guinea uncovered a previously unknown shark that walks across the seafloor. Also known as walking sharks or epaulette sharks, these animals inhabit ...

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 ...

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, ...

The world's top wildlife trade organization increased protections on Friday for more than 70 species of sharks and rays, in a move conservationists hailed as a "historical win." Signatories to the ...

Video posted to social media shows a shark swimming close to shore.

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 ...