Maybe you've seen a "mermaid's purse" while walking on the beach. Not actually an accessory for the mythical creature, these small casings are the eggs of sharks and their relatives For around 455 ...

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While giving birth to live young is a trait that most people associate with mammals, this reproductive mode—also known as viviparity—has evolved over 150 separate times among vertebrates, including ...

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. When a shark is born ...

Scientists are getting better at keeping premature baby sharks alive in aquariums—a boon when captive sharks give birth early, or when aquariums receive donations of living shark fetuses taken from ...

An enormous, 1,760-pound goblin shark has been caught off the coast of Taiwan, carrying six large pups inside. The shark is considered to be the largest of its kind to have been captured in these ...

They say two heads are better than one, but it’s not clear if that applies for sharks. On Friday, Nitin Patil, a fisherman from Palghar, India, caught a six-inch baby shark that had two heads. “We do ...

Trees first appeared on Earth during the Devonian period, around 385 million years ago, and dinosaurs about 100 million years later, between 250 to 200 million years ago. But you might be surprised to ...