A rare shark species thought to be wiped out due to overfishing has been spotted for the first time after over five decades in Papua New Guinea, shedding more light on the region’s rich biodiversity.

Sharks are some of the most visually distinct species of all animals, from the unforgettably imposing great white with its impressive jaws and unsettling dead eyes, to the hammerhead shark and its ...

Off the western coast of the United Kingdom, conservationists attached some bait to an underwater camera, dropped the contraption to the seabed and waited. When they eventually watched the footage, it ...

A rare shark couple found for the first time off the coast of Australia may force a rethink of the species' range. Two years ago, a sport fisherman caught a pair of rare sharks off Rottnest Island in ...

Delray Beach geoscientist Rosie Moore stars in Netflix's "All the Sharks," a reality show where divers compete to photograph rare shark species. The show features teams of divers traveling to global ...

The sailback houndshark had not been seen since a fisherman first caught it near the mouth of the Gogol River in Madang 55 years ago, according to a study. Asso Myron Unsplash On a summer night in ...

Quick Take Until now, scientists have never understood where tiger sharks travel to mate. An aggregation of tiger sharks in ...

Conservationists used baited underwater cameras to survey marine life off Wales and recorded a “rare” shark, a video shows. Screengrab from Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales’ YouTube video Off ...