The slender, sandy-colored epaulette shark sports a large black spot on its side, resembling an epaulet, the shoulder piece worn on traditional military garbs, said Jodie Rummer, a marine biology ...

The new study compared megalodon fossils with more than 150 living and extinct shark species. It found the megalodon may have had a longer, more slender body resembling that of the modern lemon ...

The giant extinct shark species known as the megalodon has captured the interest of scientists and the general public alike, even inspiring the 2018 blockbuster film The Meg.The species lived some ...

The extinct shark is often imagined as a supersized great white measuring up to 50 feet long. Now scientists argue megalodon was slimmer, and perhaps even longer.

The most recent addition to the shark family tree is Apristurus ovicorrugatus — a species within a larger group known as demon catsharks.. The discovery of A. ovicorrugatus didn’t happen deep in the ...

Cooper concluded that a megalodon would have been a stocky, powerful shark—measuring some 52 feet (16 meters) in length with a body mass of 67.86 tons—able to execute bursts of high speed to ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of ghost shark that lives in deep ocean waters near Australia and New Zealand.. The Australasian Narrow-nosed Spookfish, or Harriotta avia, was found in ...