The goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) is among the most unusual and least understood predators in the ocean. Deep-dwelling, ...

Hidden far below the surface, the goblin shark revealed just how strange deep-sea evolution could become. We explored its translucent skin, ancient lineage, and the lightning-fast jaw that shoots ...

Drones often capture footage of great whites and other sharks swimming in the shallows near beaches. Most sharks can be found in the upper sectors of the Earth’s oceans – but did you know that there ...

A team of researchers has managed to tag and film an ancient type of deep-sea shark—which can grow up to 20 feet in length and weigh more than a ton—in its native habitat. The bluntnose sixgill is one ...

A new study indicates that deep-sea mining could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras, many of which are already at risk of extinction. The authors found that seabed sediment ...

The finds were made during a 2022 deep-sea expedition off Western Australia’s Gascoyne coast in the Gascoyne Marine Park Researchers say the discoveries reveal how little is known about deep-sea life ...